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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 16, 1993Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 16, 1993, 5:24 AM EST for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 1993, 5:24 AM EST (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 1993, 6:30 AM EST
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsborough County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 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 00:00Z on 1993-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1993-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
528 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 161025
TORTBW
FLC057-FLZ000-161130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
524 AM EST SAT JAN 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
 
  AND FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AROUND...
 
  ...HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
 
 
 
SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADOES AND STRONG WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN
PINELLAS COUNTY AND THAT ACTIVITY IS NOW MOVING INTO HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND...
CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT
1-800-282-5584.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 5:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas61 min
Jan 16, 5:36 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee69 min
Jan 16, 5:57 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWSarasota63 min
Jan 16, 6:16 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk59 min
Jan 16, 6:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee61 min
Jan 16, 6:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee119 min
Jan 16, 6:56 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Highlands64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.