Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 1992, 4:31 PM EST for Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 1992, 4:31 PM EST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 5, 1992, 5:15 PM EST
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -286 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -268 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 052135 TORTBW FLC057-103-052215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 431 PM EST WED FEB 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 PM EST FOR PEOPLE... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY...CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY AND FOR THE COASTAL WATERS FROM... ...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO PINELLAS COUNTY A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE TOUCHED DOWN NEAR GULFPORT BUT LIFTED BACK INTO THE CLOUD. REPORTS OF HAIL THE SIZE OF NICKELS HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN TAMPA BAY AND INTO TAMPA DURING THE NEXT FEW MINUTES. 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. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. MARINE INTERESTS IN THESE WATERS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING W4IND... CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT 1-800-282-5584.
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, Feb 5, 10:34 AM EST, 5 hours 57 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-051630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
930 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992
...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LEE...COLLIER...
GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 1 PM...
A LARGE MASS OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA FROM SILVER
SPRINGS...SOUTH TO LAKE PLACID...TO LAKEPORT AND DOWN THE CENTER OF
THE EVERGLADES. THE RAIN EXTENDED WELL OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC BETWEEN
DAYTONA BEACH AND MIAMI.
A PATCH OF SHOWERS AND RAIN WAS OVER THE GULF ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST
BETWEEN BONITA SPRINGS AND CAPE SABLE.
MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Feb 5, 10:39 AM EST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-051630-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1030 AM EST WED FEB 5 1992
...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR LEE...COLLIER...
GLADES AND HENDRY COUNTIES BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE
REMAINDER OF SOUTH FLORIDA UNTIL 1 PM...
A LARGE MASS OF RAIN...SOME HEAVY...WITH EMBEDDED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PENINSULA FROM SILVER
SPRINGS...SOUTH TO LAKE PLACID...TO LAKEPORT AND DOWN THE CENTER OF
THE EVERGLADES. THE RAIN EXTENDED WELL OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC BETWEEN
DAYTONA BEACH AND MIAMI.
A PATCH OF SHOWERS AND RAIN WAS OVER THE GULF ALONG THE SOUTHWEST COAST
BETWEEN BONITA SPRINGS AND CAPE SABLE.
MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 45 TO 55 MILES AN HOUR.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, 3:24 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 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, 4:55 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 |
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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.