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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 15, 1992Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 15, 1992, 12:57 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1992, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1992, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
48 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, 5.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1992-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1085 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1992-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
1085 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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Sources

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