Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 25, 1992, 3:22 PM EST for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 53 min. 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 25, 1992, 3:22 PM EST (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 1992, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:19 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Polk, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 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 252025 TORTBW FLC105-252115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 322 PM EST TUE FEB 25 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST FOR PEOPLE... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...POLK COUNTY TWO TORNADOS WERE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR LAKELAND AND MULBERRY . TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY! 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.
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 25, 12:05 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
FLZ013-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 1205 PM EST FEB 25 1992 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUES TO DEVELOP JUST OFF THE WEST COAST FORM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH TO SARASOTA. THESE VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE AND INLAND FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN HILLSBOROUGH... MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 12:14 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
FLZ013-261900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 1205 PM EST FEB 25 1992 AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... CONTINUES TO DEVELOP JUST OFF THE WEST COAST FORM THE TAMPA BAY AREA SOUTH TO SARASOTA. THESE VERY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE AND INLAND FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS IN HILLSBOROUGH... ...PINELLAS...MANATEE AND SARASOTA COUNTIES SHOULD &BE ON THE ALERT FOR LOCAL FLOODING AND USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.