Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1993, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1993, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pinellas County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 40 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
- 624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 142208 COR TORTBW FLC103-504-142230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING CORRECTION TO GENERIC CODE AND TEXT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 600 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO WARNING UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE...... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...PINELLAS COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING THE BAY AND INLAND WATERS SEVERAL TORNADOES WERE REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC OVER PINELLAS COUNTY. THE TORNADOES WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTH. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN LARGO. INJURIES ARE UNCONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. RADAR INDICATES THIS IS A VERY LARGE AND DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM. ALL RESIDENTS AND MARINERS IN OR AROUND PINELLAS COUNTY NEED TO BE MOVING TO SAFE SHELTER NOW. GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. IF TIME PERMITS OR AFTER THE WEATHER HAS PASSED AND YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER CALL IN YOUR REPORT TO 1-800-282-5584. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 14, 4:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-505-142140-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
435 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993
... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER NORTHERN LEE... NORTHWEST COLLIER...
WESTERN CITRUS AND WESTERN HERNANDO COUNTIES...
AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STROMG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN BAYPORT AND HOMOSASSA... MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST
AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER NORTH CENTRAL
LEE COUNTY AND NEAR COPELAND IN COLLIER COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED.
MOTORIST AND RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO... AND MARINIERS ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS
BETWEEN BAYPOT AND HOMOSASSA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ROUGH SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS.OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE PENINSULA SOUTH OF
A CRYSTAL RIVER TO TITUSVILLE LINE WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY IN THIS AREA
BETWEEN POLK CITY SOUTH TO BETWEEN LAKE OKEECHOBEE AND LAKE PLACIDLocal storm report, Jun 14, 5:14 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
514 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
6/14 1430 CHARLOTTE COUNTY, WEST PORT CHARLOTTE TO PORT CHARLOTTE
URBAN FLOODING AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING INDUCED BRUSH FIRES
OVER TWO INCHES RAIN IN "VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME"
REPORTED BY WEST COUNTY EM. FIRE DEPTS RESPONDING TO
NUMEROUS BRUSH FIRES. MIASVRTBW 141823 FLC105-115-141900-Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:19 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
514 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
6/14 1430 CHARLOTTE COUNTY, WEST PORT CHARLOTTE TO PORT CHARLOTTE
URBAN FLOODING AND NUMEROUS LIGHTNING INDUCED BRUSH FIRES
OVER TWO INCHES RAIN IN "VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME"
REPORTED BY WEST COUNTY EM. FIRE DEPTS RESPONDING TO
NUMEROUS BRUSH FIRES. MIASVRTBW 141823 FLC105-115-141900-Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:35 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-505-142240-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
535 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993
... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST FROM PASCO COUNTY
NORTH TO CITRUS COUNTY AND EAST TO WILDWOOD. OTHERS WERE OVER PINELLAS
AND MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 530 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STROMG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN BAYPORT AND HOMOSASSA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS
DETECTED. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WILDWOOD... RUSKIN... AND
OVER EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR FORT MYERS.
MOTORIST AND RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE MINOR
STREET FLOODING... GUSTY WINDS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MARINIERS ALONG THE
COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN BAYPORT AND HOMOSASSA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ROUGH
SHIFTING SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS.
OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER THE PENINSULA FRON
CEDAR KEY TO OCALA AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO MELBOURNE AND VERO BEACH...
AND CONTINUED SOUTH INTO THE EVERGLADES.
LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED.Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:40 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-505-142240-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
535 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993
... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ALONG THE WEST COAST FROM PASCO COUNTY
NORTH TO CITRUS COUNTY AND EAST TO WILDWOOD. OTHERS WERE OVER PINELLAS
AND MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 530 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STROMG THUNDERSTORMS
WERE ALONG THE COAST BETWEEN BAYPORT AND HOMOSASSA. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS
DETECTED. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WILDWOOD... RUSKIN... AND
OVER EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY SOUTH TO NEAR FORT MYERS.
MOTORIST AND RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR
THE WEATHER OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO AS THESE THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE MINOR
STREET FLOODING... GUSTY WINDS... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MARINIERS ALONG THE
COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN BAYPORT AND HOMOSASSA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ROUGH
SHIFTING SEAS AND GUSTY WINDS.
OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER THE PENINSULA FRON
CEDAR KEY TO OCALA AND EXTENDED SOUTHEAST TO MELBOURNE AND VERO BEACH...
AND CONTINUED SOUTH INTO THE EVERGLADES.
LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS DETECTED.Local storm report, Jun 14, 5:57 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
557 PM EDT MON JUN 14 1993
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
6/14 1755 PINELLAS COUNTY, BELLEAIR, BELLEAIR CAUSEWAY, LARGO
THREE SEPERATE TORNADOES REPORTED BY PUBLIC AT 1755, 1756,
AND 1745 EDT RESPECTIVELY. MODERATE DAMAGE REPORTED IN LARGO
WITH POSSIBLE INJURIES. NO OTHER DAMAGE REPORTED AT THIS TIME.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 11 min |
| Jun 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 32 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.