Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1993, 12:08 PM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 82 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
- Oct 30, 1993, 12:08 PM EDT (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1993, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Citrus County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 12:19 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Citrus, FL | A small tornado skipped through a mall parking lot uprooting trees and downing power lines. |
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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 2419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.7
- Supercell composite
- 23.0
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, Oct 30, 7:03 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
703 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93 0507 EDT LEVY COUNTY, INGLIS/YANKEETOWN
WIND DAMAGE. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0700 EDT.
10/30/93 0510 EDT LEVY COUNTY, GULF HAMMOCK
WIND DAMAGE, POSSIBLE TORNADO
AT LEAST 3 RESIDENCES DAMAGED, EXTENT UNKNOWN,
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. NO INJURIES.
ONE SHELTER OPENED FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0700 EDT.Local storm report, Oct 30, 7:10 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
703 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93 0507 EDT LEVY COUNTY, INGLIS/YANKEETOWN
WIND DAMAGE. TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0700 EDT.
10/30/93 0510 EDT LEVY COUNTY, GULF HAMMOCK
WIND DAMAGE, POSSIBLE TORNADO
AT LEAST 3 RESIDENCES DAMAGED, EXTENT UNKNOWN,
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. NO INJURIES.
ONE SHELTER OPENED FOR DISPLACED RESIDENTS.
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0700 ED`T.Local storm report, Oct 30, 7:59 AM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
759 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93 0351 EDT LEVY COUNTY, INTERSECTION OF SR 121 AND CR 337
42 MILES SE OF CROSS CITY (CTY)
TORNADO/INJURIES. TRAVEL TRAILERE TURNED
OVER, 1 FEMALE OCCUPANT SUFFERED BROKEN NOSE,
NUMEROUS TRESS AND POWER LINES DOWN, VICTIM
SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN AND LASTED FOR
FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE. TORNANDO DAMAGE VERIFIED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0745 AM EDT.Local storm report, Oct 30, 8:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
759 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93 0351 EDT LEVY COUNTY, INTERSECTION OF SR 121 AND CR 337
42 MILES SE OF CROSS CITY (CTY)
TORNADO/INJURIES. TRAVEL TRAILERE TURNED
OVER, 1 FEMALE OCCUPANT SUFFERED BROKEN NOSE,
NUMEROUS TRESS AND POWER LINES DOWN, VICTIM
SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN AND LASTED FOR
FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE. TORNANDO DAMAGE VERIFIED
BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0745 AM EDT.Special weather statement, Oct 30, 10:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048-049-050-051-052-055-056-057-060-061-504-505- 302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 1031 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4PM THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.... LEVY... SUMTER... CITRUS... HERNANDO... PASCO... PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH... POLK.... MANATEE... SARASOTA... HARDEE... DESOTO... AND HIGHLANDS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 4PM. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS CURRENTLY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR OF YOUR BUILDING SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR YOU SEE A TORNADO. SEVERAL TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN A SIMILIAR LINE MOVED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. ONE WOMAN WAS INJURED AND SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT AND YOUR RADIO ON. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY. &
Special weather statement, Oct 30, 10:31 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048-049-050-051-052-055-056-057-060-061-504-505- 302030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 1031 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 4PM THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.... LEVY... SUMTER... CITRUS... HERNANDO... PASCO... PINELLAS... HILLSBOROUGH... POLK.... MANATEE... SARASOTA... HARDEE... DESOTO... AND HIGHLANDS. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 4PM. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THERE IS CURRENTLY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR OF YOUR BUILDING SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR YOU SEE A TORNADO. SEVERAL TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN A SIMILIAR LINE MOVED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. ONE WOMAN WAS INJURED AND SEVERAL HOMES DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT AND YOUR RADIO ON. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY. &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 9:54 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 66 min |
| Oct 30, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus | 62 min |
| Oct 30, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 67 min |
| Oct 30, 12:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 12:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 57 min |
| Oct 30, 12:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 70 min |
| Oct 30, 1:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 29 min |
| Oct 30, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 66 min |
| Oct 30, 2:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 26 min |
| Oct 30, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 69 min |
| Oct 30, 2:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 35 min |
| Oct 30, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 70 min |
| Oct 30, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 31 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.