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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 5, 1993Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1993, 3:55 AM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 65 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
Apr 5, 1993, 3:55 AM EDT (07:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1993, 5:00 AM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Highlands County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 5, 4:15 AM EDTTornado F0Avon Park, FLA small tornado moved through the Mobile Home Village at Charlie Creek on SR 64 near Avon Park damaging 14 mobile homes.

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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 1993-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1993-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 2:57 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota33 min
Apr 5, 2:57 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWManatee33 min
Apr 5, 3:24 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee51 min
Apr 5, 3:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands, Polk61 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.