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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 3, 1994Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 3, 1994, 12:28 PM EST for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 3, 1994, 12:28 PM EST (17:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 1994, 1:30 PM EST
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Manatee County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 26 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 1994-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KTBW 031729 RRA
SVRTBW
FLC081-031830-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1228 PM EST MON JAN 3 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...MANATEE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING TAMPA BAY
 
 
 
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
LONGBOAT KEY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVE TO A
REINFORCED BUILDING.
 
WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ONSHORE CAN DO CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE.
SHORELINE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THIS DANGER
WHENEVER WATERSPOUTS ARE SIGHTED.
 
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.
 
 
 
&

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 53 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 43 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSarasota60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.