Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Dec 10, 1992, 7:09 AM EST for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 1992, 7:09 AM EST (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 10, 1992, 7:30 AM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hillsborough County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 101210 TORTBW FLC057-101230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 709 AM EST THU DEC 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM EST FOR PEOPLE...... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING THE BAY AND INLAND WATERS A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED OVER OLD TAMPA BAY MOVING EAST TOWARDS THE INTERBAY PENINSULA. MARINE INTERESTS IN THESE WATERS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR. RESIDENTS OF SOUTH TAMPA AND MOTORISTS TRAVELING ACROSS THE BRIDGES ARE URGED TO BE ON THE ALERT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. &
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
Special weather statement, Dec 10, 1:29 AM EST, 5 hours 40 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, 4 hours 39 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, 3 hours 36 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, 2 hours 32 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 5:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 2 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 2 hr |
| Dec 10, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 66 min |
| Dec 10, 6:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 66 min |
| Dec 10, 9:16 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 119 min |
| Dec 10, 10:06 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.