Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 5, 1992, 3:24 AM EST for Pasco County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 1992, 3:24 AM EST (08:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 1992, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 4:35 AM EST | Hail 0.75 | Pinellas, FL |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 050827 SVRTBW FLC057-081-101-103-051030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 324 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM EST FOR PEOPLE... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...MANATEE COUNTY...PASCO COUNTY ...PINELLAS COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING THE BAY AND INLAND WATERS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS DETECTED BY RADAR ABOUT 30 MILES OFFSHORE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COUNTIES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST... TOWARDS THE COAST AT 50 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVE TO A REINFORCED BUILDING. WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE CAN DO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. SHORELINE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THIS DANGER WHENEVER WATERSPOUTS ARE SIGHTED. IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND... CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORID=A SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT 1-800-282-5584.
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, Feb 5, 2:35 AM EST, 49 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-050830- SPECIAL WEATHER AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN FL 230 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992 ...SQUALL LINE MOVING TOWARD THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA... A LINE OF RAPIDLY MOVING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS ABOUT 75 MILES OFFSHORE FROM LEVY COUNTY SOUTH TO 100 MILES OFFSHORE FROM LEE COUNTY. THE SQUALL LINE HAS FORMED AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE GULF. THE LINE IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST AT 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE SQUALL LINE ON THE COASTLINE OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AROUND 4 AM. RESIDENTS AND MARINERS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS... DEADLY LIGHTNING ANkD HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT. MARINERS IN PARTICULAR SHOULD BE ALERT FOR DANGEROUS SQUALL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY AND SHIFTING WIND AND ROUGH SEAS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 3:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 2 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 117 min |
| Feb 5, 4:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 4:05 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 4:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 53 min |
| Feb 5, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Polk | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 5:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 59 min |
| Feb 5, 4:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 4:55 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 50 min |
| Feb 5, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 61 min |
| Feb 5, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 61 min |
| Feb 5, 5:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 6:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 45 min |
| Feb 5, 6:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands, Polk | 61 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.