Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 60 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.