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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 3, 1992Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 3, 1992, 12:34 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 1992, 12:34 PM EDT (16:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 1992, 1:15 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
551 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 031635 COR
TORTBW
FLC053-101-031715-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1234 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE...

IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...PASCO COUNTY   HERNANDO COUNTY

AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
INCLUDING THE BAY AND INLAND WATERS

...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH DAMAGE IN PASCO COUNTY...

AT 1230 PM A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH DAMAGE WAS REPORTED TO THE NATIONA
WEATHER SERVICE.

THE TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED EAST NORTHEAST OF NEW PORT RICHEY.

RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT.

SEVERAL TOUCHDOWNS OF TORNADOS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON HAVE ALREADY
PRODUCED DAMAGE TO HOMES WITH INJURIES.

IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND...
CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT
1-800-282-5584.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 11:29 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPinellas31 min
Oct 3, 1:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter57 min
Oct 3, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando, Pasco, Sumter60 min
Oct 3, 2:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus69 min
Oct 3, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando53 min

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.