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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 9, 1993Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1993, 6:53 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 67 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: Aug 9, 1993, 6:53 PM EDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 1993, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pinellas County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 9, 7:35 PM EDT	Tornado F1	St. Petersburg, FL	A small tornado uprooted about 20 trees and damaged a roof before dissipating.

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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Aug 9, 5:57 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 9, 6:39 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 9, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	50 min
Aug 9, 4:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Sarasota	60 min
Aug 9, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Manatee	14 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	41 min
Aug 9, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	19 min
Aug 9, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus	38 min
Aug 9, 7:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1993 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993

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.