Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 1993, 10:50 PM EST for Citrus County, Hernando County, Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 1993, 10:50 PM EST (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 1993, 12:45 AM EST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Levy County, FL
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
Special weather statement, Mar 12, 9:39 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-130335-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
935 PM EST FRI MARCH 12 1993
... TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LEVY COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL
WATERS UNTIL 4 AM EST...
AT 930 PM EST... RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 100
MILES WEST OF BAYPORT... TO 120 MILES OFFSHORE OF VENICE. THE LINE WAS
MOVING EAST AT 65 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR. THESE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE APPROACHING THE COASTAL WATERS OF WEST FLORIDA BY 1030 PM.
DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS... BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AND PLAN TO STAY IN PORT FOR TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
rELSEWHERE... A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF FROM NEAR
APALACHEE BAY... TO NEAR CEDAR KEY.
THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTH AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 115 min |
| Mar 12, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 115 min |
| Mar 12, 11:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 101 min |
| Mar 12, 11:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 61 min |
| Mar 12, 11:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 12:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 47 min |
| Mar 13, 1:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 116 min |
| Mar 13, 1:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 1:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:31 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee | 119 min |
| Mar 13, 3:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 60 min |
| Mar 13, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.