Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1993, 6:26 PM EST for DeSoto County, Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 25, 1993, 6:26 PM EST (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1993, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 1:52 PM EST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
FLZ010-251945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 150 PM EST THU MAR 25 1993 ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN CITRUS COUNTY... AT 145 PM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM WAS CROSSING SOUTHERN CIRTUS COUNTY AND PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THIS STORM AT THIS TIME IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS. THIS STORM WILL BE CROSSING THE FLORAL CITY AREA WITHIN THE HALF HOUR AND APPROACH CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY SHORTLY THEREAFTER. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN CITRUS COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL WEATHER CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:04 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
FLZ010-251945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 455 PM EST THU MAR 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA... CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM EASTERN PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTIES TO CENTRAL POLK COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...INCLUDING ONE OF PEA SIZED HAIL AT HAINES CITY IN POLK COUNTY AT 452 PM. A CITIZEN ALSO REPORTED A SHORT LIVED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AN EMPTY FIELD NEAR RIVERVIEW FLORIDA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AROUND DEVELOPING STORMS AND BE AWARE OF THE POTETIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:07 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
FLZ010-250045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR DTG ONLY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 455 PM EST THU MAR 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA... CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM EASTERN PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTIES TO CENTRAL POLK COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...INCLUDING ONE OF PEA SIZED HAIL AT HAINES CITY IN POLK COUNTY AT 452 PM. A CITIZEN ALSO REPORTED A SHORT LIVED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AN EMPTY FIELD NEAR RIVERVIEW FLORIDA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AROUND DEVELOPING STORMS AND BE AWARE OF THE POTETIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:10 PM EST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
FLZ010-13-14-15-18-250045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ...CORRECTION FOR DTG ONLY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 455 PM EST THU MAR 25 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL FLORIDA... CLUSTERS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FROM EASTERN PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTIES TO CENTRAL POLK COUNTY. SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL SIZED HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...INCLUDING ONE OF PEA SIZED HAIL AT HAINES CITY IN POLK COUNTY AT 452 PM. A CITIZEN ALSO REPORTED A SHORT LIVED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AN EMPTY FIELD NEAR RIVERVIEW FLORIDA WITHIN THE PAST HOUR. CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AROUND DEVELOPING STORMS AND BE AWARE OF THE POTETIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee | 79 min |
| Mar 25, 5:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 59 min |
| Mar 25, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.