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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 30, 1993Citrus County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 1993, 1:01 PM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 1993, 1:01 PM EDT (17:01 UTC)
Expired: Oct 30, 1993, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

County Citrus County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 128 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 305 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.7
Supercell composite: 23.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 301703
TORTBW
FLC017-301730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
101 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...CITRUS COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
 
 
 
A TORNADO SIGNATURE WAS DETECTED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BY RADAR...12
MILES WEST OF HOMOSSASSA.  THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST 
NEARLY 50 MPH.  THE STORM WAS HEADED DIRESTLY TOWARDS CRYSTAL RIVER.
 
 
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.
 
MARINE INTERESTS IN THESE WATERS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS AND
SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
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.
 
 
 
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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, Oct 30, 7:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
759 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993

DATE        TIME         LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93    0351 EDT     LEVY COUNTY, INTERSECTION OF SR 121 AND CR 337
                         42  MILES SE OF CROSS CITY (CTY)
                         TORNADO/INJURIES. TRAVEL TRAILERE TURNED
                         OVER, 1 FEMALE OCCUPANT SUFFERED BROKEN NOSE,
                         NUMEROUS TRESS AND POWER LINES DOWN, VICTIM
                         SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN AND LASTED FOR
                         FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE. TORNANDO DAMAGE VERIFIED
                         BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0745 AM EDT.

Local storm report, Oct 30, 8:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
759 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993

DATE        TIME         LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93    0351 EDT     LEVY COUNTY, INTERSECTION OF SR 121 AND CR 337
                         42  MILES SE OF CROSS CITY (CTY)
                         TORNADO/INJURIES. TRAVEL TRAILERE TURNED
                         OVER, 1 FEMALE OCCUPANT SUFFERED BROKEN NOSE,
                         NUMEROUS TRESS AND POWER LINES DOWN, VICTIM
                         SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN AND LASTED FOR
                         FOR LESS THAN A MINUTE. TORNANDO DAMAGE VERIFIED
                         BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 0745 AM EDT.

Special weather statement, Oct 30, 10:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

FLZ039-042-043-048-049-050-051-052-055-056-057-060-061-504-505-
302030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1031 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO
WATCH UNTIL 4PM THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA....

LEVY... SUMTER... CITRUS... HERNANDO... PASCO... PINELLAS...
HILLSBOROUGH... POLK.... MANATEE... SARASOTA... HARDEE... DESOTO... AND
HIGHLANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES
UNTIL 4PM. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THERE IS CURRENTLY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR OF YOUR BUILDING SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR
YOU SEE A TORNADO.

SEVERAL TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN A SIMILIAR LINE
MOVED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. ONE WOMAN WAS INJURED AND SEVERAL
HOMES DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT AND YOUR RADIO ON.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY.

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Special weather statement, Oct 30, 10:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

FLZ039-042-043-048-049-050-051-052-055-056-057-060-061-504-505-
302030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1031 AM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS EXTENDED THE TORNADO
WATCH UNTIL 4PM THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA....

LEVY... SUMTER... CITRUS... HERNANDO... PASCO... PINELLAS...
HILLSBOROUGH... POLK.... MANATEE... SARASOTA... HARDEE... DESOTO... AND
HIGHLANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH MEANS THAT TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE COUNTIES
UNTIL 4PM. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTING TO 80 MPH AND HAIL THE SIZE OF
GOLF BALLS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THERE IS CURRENTLY A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING
EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO
OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO STATION FOR FURTHER UPDATES. BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE INTERIOR OF YOUR BUILDING SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR
YOU SEE A TORNADO.

SEVERAL TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN EARLIER THIS MORNING WHEN A SIMILIAR LINE
MOVED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. ONE WOMAN WAS INJURED AND SEVERAL
HOMES DAMAGED. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE ALSO KNOCKED DOWN.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. KEEP A WEATHER EYE OUT AND YOUR RADIO ON.

ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WILL BE ISSUED HOURLY.

&

Local storm report, Oct 30, 12:45 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
1245 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993

DATE        TIME         LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93    1055  EDT    LEVY COUNTY, N OF BRONSON NEAR ALACHUA COUNTY LINE
                         TORNADO. 10 TO 15 HOMES LEVELED. INJURIES
                         UNKNOWN.
                         REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

10/30/93    1219  EDT    CITRUS COUNTY, HOMOSASSA
                         TORNADO, IN PARKING LOT OF MALL, LIFTED UP OVER
                         SHOPPING MALL, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
                         REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 12:49 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
1245 PM EDT SAT OCT 30 1993

DATE        TIME         LOCATION/EVENT
10/30/93    1055  EDT    LEVY COUNTY, N OF BRONSON NEAR ALACHUA COUNTY LINE
                         TORNADO. 10 TO 15 HOMES LEVELED. INJURIES
                         UNKNOWN.
                         REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

10/30/93    1219  EDT    CITRUS COUNTY, HOMOSASSA
                         TORNADO, IN PAR`KING LOT OF MALL, LIFTED UP OVER
                         SHOPPING MALL, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN.
                         REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 30, 9:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	66 min
Oct 30, 11:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus	62 min
Oct 30, 11:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	67 min
Oct 30, 12:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Citrus	30 min
Oct 30, 12:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando	57 min
Oct 30, 12:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus	82 min
Oct 30, 12:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando	70 min
Oct 30, 1:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando	66 min
Oct 30, 2:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pasco	26 min
Oct 30, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco	69 min
Oct 30, 2:40 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pasco	35 min
Oct 30, 2:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando	70 min
Oct 30, 5:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	31 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.