Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1993, 3:52 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 28 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1993, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1993, 4:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pasco County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 2739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 665 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 121955 TORTBW FLC101-122020- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 352 PM EDT MON JUL 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 420 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE...... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IS INDICATING A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF STATE ROAD 52 AND US 41 IN CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA SHOULD TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND... CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATlHER LINE AT 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
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:09 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
310 PM EDT MON JUL 12 1993
7/12/93 1440 EDT SARASOTA COUNTY; NORTHPORT; ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED
BY CITIZEN
7/12/93 1457 EDT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; SEFFNER EAST OF TAMPA; GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY CITIZEN.
7/12/93 1455 EDT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; MANGO EAST OF TAMPA; 1/4 TO
1/2 INCH HAIL REPOR2TED BY CITIZEN.Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:10 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
310 PM EDT MON JUL 12 1993
7/12/93 1440 EDT SARASOTA COUNTY; NORTHPORT; ONE INCH HAIL REPORTED
BY CITIZEN
7/12/93 1457 EDT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; SEFFNER EAST OF TAMPA; GOLF
BALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY CITIZEN.
7/12/93 1455 EDT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; MANGO EAST OF TAMPA; 1/4 TO
1/2 INCH HAIL REPORTED BY CITIZEN.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 65 min |
| Jul 12, 11:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 1:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 33 min |
| Jul 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 42 min |
| Jul 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 42 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.