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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

December 10, 1992Citrus County, Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 10, 1992, 5:39 AM EST for Citrus County, Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 10, 1992, 5:39 AM EST (10:39 UTC)
Expired
Dec 10, 1992, 7:45 AM EST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 11:45 PM EST, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 10, 12:29 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 10, 1:29 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-100740-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
125 AM EDT THU DEC 10 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
   WATERS UNTIL 600 AM EST...

AT 125 AM A 35 MILE WIDE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE DETECTED FROM 30 MILES
EAST OF APALACHICOLA TO 100 MILES SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS AND MARINERS IN NORTHWEST PENINSULAR FLORIDA AND IN THE NORTHEAST
GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
LATER TONIGHT...AND PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER OR SAFE HARBOR IF NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 2:30 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-100840-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
230 AM EDT THU DEC 10 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
   WATERS UNTIL 600 AM EST...

A 70 MILES WIDE AREA OF RAIN... WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CROSS CITY TO APALACHICOLA... AND SOUTHWEST
INTO THE GULF 150 MILES.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS AND MARINERS IN NORTHWEST PENINSULAR FLORIDA AND IN THE NORTHEAST
GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
LATER TONIGHT...AND PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER OR SAFE HARBOR IF NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 3:33 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-100940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
335 AM EDT THU DEC 10 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
   WATERS UNTIL 600 AM EST...

A 70 MILES WIDE AREA OF RAIN... WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM CEDAR KEY NORTH INTO APALACHEE BAY... AND SOUTHWEST
INTO THE GULF 170 MILES.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS AND MARINERS IN THE NORTHWEST PENINSULA... AND IN THE NORTHEAST
GULF OF MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS
LATER TONIGHT...AND PREPARE TO SEEK SHELTER OR SAFE HARBOR IF NECESSARY.
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 4:37 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-101040-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
435 AM EDT THU DEC 10 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
   WATERS UNTIL 600 AM EST...

A 75 MILES WIDE AREA OF RAIN... WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
... A FEW CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG
GUSTY WINDS EXTENDED FROM CRYSTAL RIVER NORTH INTO APALACHEE BAY... AND
SOUTHWEST INTO THE GULF TO BETWEEN 110 AND 150 MILES OFFSHORE OF SARASOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

RESIDENTS AND MARINERS ALONG THE WEST COAST SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
PERIODS OF VER|Y HEAVY RAIN... FREQUENT LIGHTNING... ROUGH SHIFTING SEAS
... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO
THE COASTAL WATERS AND ON SHORE.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 5:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco2 hr
Dec 10, 6:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee66 min
Dec 10, 6:39 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas66 min
Dec 10, 7:09 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough21 min
Dec 10, 9:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands119 min
Dec 10, 10:06 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee69 min

Nearby

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Sources

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