Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 1994, 12:15 PM EST for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 1994, 12:15 PM EST (17:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 3, 1994, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sarasota County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jan 3, 8:35 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-031445-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
835 AM EST MON JAN 3 1994
...PATCHY DENSE FOG OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
... COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST FLORIDA THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT ...
AT 800 AM BOTH AT BARTOW AND LAKELAND AIRPORTS VISIBILITIES WERE BELOW
1/4 OF A MILE AND THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR UNTIL
930 TO 1000 AM.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN
IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG... AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SCHOOL BUSSES PICKING UP
STUDENTS.
ELSEWHERE RADAR WAS DETECTING RAINSHOWERS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN
MOVING OVER THE MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY AND ALSO ALONG THE WEST CENTRAL COAST
BETWEEN SARASOTA AND CLEARWATER... WITH OTHER PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND
SHOWERS EXTENDIND ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM VENICE TO
BAYPORT... NORTHEAST AT NEAR DAYTONA BEACH.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jan 3, 8:45 AM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-031445-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
835 AM EST MON JAN 3 1994
...PATCHY DENSE FOG OVER INTERIOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
... COASTAL FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF WEST FLORIDA THROUGH
MONDAY NIGHT ...
AT 800 AM BOTH AT BARTOW AND LAKELAND AIRPORTS VISIBILITIES WERE BELOW
1/4 OF A MILE AND THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST OVER THE INTERIOR UNTIL
930 TO 1000 AM.
MOTORIST SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AND BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN
IN AREAS OF DENSE FOG... AND REMAIN ALERT FOR SCHOOL BUSSES PICKING UP
STUDENTS.
ELSEWHERE RADAR WAS DETECTING RAINSHOWERS CONTAINING VERY HEAVY RAIN
MOVING OVER THE MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY AND ALSO ALONG THE WEST CENTRAL COAST
BETWEEN SARASOTA AND CLEARWATER... WITH OTHER PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN AND
SHOWERS EXTENDIND ALONG THE WEST COAST AND ADJACENT WATERS FROM VENICE TO
.BAYPORT... NORTHEAST AT NEAR DAYTONA BEACH.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 62 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.