Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 1994, 3:50 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1994, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1994, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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, 7.8 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
- 1313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 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
Local storm report, Jul 17, 1:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
149 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994
DATE TIME LOCATION/EVENT
7/16/94 1639 EDT SARASOTA COUNTY, SARASOTA BAY, APPROX. 4 MI SSW OF SRQ
T LIGHTNING FATALITY, MALE AGE UNKNOWN. VICTIM WAS STRUCK
BY LIGHTNING WHILE KAYAKING APPROX. 100 YDS OFFSHORE.
REPORTED BY EYEWITNESSES/TAMPA TRIBUNE NEWSPAPER.Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:28 PM EDT, 22 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-172030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER WEST FLORIDA...
AT 330 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
WEST FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE GULF COAST FROM HERNANDO
COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS TAMPA BAY TO SARASOTA COUNTY.
SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SPRING HILL DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND ONE
PERSON WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT THE COUNTRYSIDE COUNTRY CLUB IN
CLEARWATER.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE INTERIOR OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA
IN MARION...LAKE...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
SOME OF THE STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE GULF COAST AND MARINE INTERESTS
ARE URGED TO KEEP A SHARP WEATHER EYE OUT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE
HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PRACTICE SAFE LIGHTNING RULES AND SEEK
A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. GOLFERS ARE URGED TO
GET OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND SEEK SHELTER AWAY FROM TALL TREES IF
LIGHTNING IS NEARBY.
STORM MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jul 17, 3:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-504-505-172030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
330 PM EDT SUN JUL 17 1994
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER WEST FLORIDA...
AT 330 PM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER
WEST FLORIDA...ESPECIALLY WITHIN 20 MILES OF THE GULF COAST FROM HERNANDO
COUNTY SOUTH ACROSS TAMPA BAY TO SARASOTA COUNTY.
SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SPRING HILL DURING THE PAST HOUR...AND ONE
PERSON WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AT THE COUNTRYSIDE COUNTRY CLUB IN
CLEARWATER.
OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE INTERIOR OF NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA
IN MARION...LAKE...AND VOLUSIA COUNTIES.
SOME OF THE STORMS ARE APPROACHING THE GULF COAST AND MARINE INTERESTS
ARE URGED TO KEEP A SHARP WEATHER EYE OUT AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE
HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO PRACTICE SAFE LIGHTNING RULES AND SEEK
A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. GOLFERS ARE URGED TO
GET OFF THE GOLF COURSE AND SEEK SHELTER AWAY FROM TALL TREES IF
LIGHTNING IS NEARBY.
STORM MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 48 min |
| Jul 17, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 56 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.