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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 5, 1992, 4:54 PM EST for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 1992, 4:54 PM EST (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 5, 1992, 5:45 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pinellas County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 1428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 052158 COR TORTBW FLC103-052245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING... CORRECTION FOR DIRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 454 PM EST THU NOV 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERV
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Nov 5, 11:27 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
1124 AM EST THU NOV 05 1992
DATE TIME LOCATION
11/5/92 1100 EST HERNANDO COUNTY, HERNANDO BEACH AREA
TORNANDO TOUCHDOWN MOVED NE. DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT
THIS TIME. SHERIFFS DEPUTY ENROUTE.
11/5/92 1115 EST HERNANDO COUNTY, HIGHWAY 301 RIDGE MANOR AREA
WIND DAMAGE...DEBRIS IN AIR. SIGHTED BY SHERIFFS
DEPUTY.Local storm report, Nov 5, 12:22 PM EST, 4 hours 32 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
1218 PM EST THU NOV 05 1992
DATE TIME LOCATION
11/5/92 1000 EST LEVY COUNTY, MORRISTON
WIND DAMAGE, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO ELECTRICAL CO.
11/5/92 1050 EST HERNANDO COUNTY, BROOKSVILLE
WIND GUST 55 MPH. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
11/5/92 1130-1200 EST SUMTER COUNTY, NORTH PART
WIND DAMAGE, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO ELECTRIC CO.Local storm report, Nov 5, 4:18 PM EST, 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
416 PM EST THU NOV 05 1992
DATE TIME LOCATION
11/5/92 1600 EST NW HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SHELDON ROAD AND LIMEBAUGH
B TORNADO F0. BRIEF TOUCHDOWN AND LIFT UP OBSERVED.
NO DAMAGE OCCURRED.
REPORTED BY PUBLIC TO WTSP TV METEOROLOGIST.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 8:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 119 min |
| Nov 5, 10:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 97 min |
| Nov 5, 10:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 63 min |
| Nov 5, 11:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 86 min |
| Nov 5, 12:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 58 min |
| Nov 5, 1:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 63 min |
| Nov 5, 3:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 58 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.