Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1994, 3:45 PM EDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1994, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 2743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KTBW 091948 RRA SVRTBW FLC105-092045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 345 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE...... IN CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY RADAR JUST SOUTH OF BARTOW...ALONG US HIGHWAY 17. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST...SOUTHEAST AT 2MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUC VHAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARNOT SAFE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVE TO A REINFORCED BUILDING.
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, Jun 9, 11:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-091625-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
1122 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
AT 1115 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS THE PENINSULA
FROM WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY
WINDS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE CAUTIONED TO BE AWARE OF THESE
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.Special weather statement, Jun 9, 11:26 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-091625-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
1122 AM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
AT 1115 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF
SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS THE PENINSULA
FROM WESTERN VOLUSIA COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH
COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTvY
WINDS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA ARE CAUTIONED TO BE AWARE OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS AS SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN.Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:19 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
FLZ051-092015-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
319 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
...FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER APPOLO BEACH...
REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER THE APPOLO BEACH AREA
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AREA AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP A SHARP WEATHER EYE OUT AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
&Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:19 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
FLZ051-092015-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
319 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
...FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER APPOLO BEACH...
REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OVER THE APPOLO BEACH AREA
MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD FORM THIS AFTERNOON FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AREA AND RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO KEEP A SHARP WEATHER EYE OUT AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
&Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:30 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-046>052-055>057-060>062-065-082235-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
330 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE GENERATED
REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF APPOLO BEACH DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON COULD
RESULT IN OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS DEVELOPING AS THESE STORMS MOVE INLAND OVER
THE HOT INTERIOR SECTIONS.
ELSEWHERE...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE NORTHEAST
GULF WEST OF CRYSTAL RIVER AND ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF LEVY AND CITRUS
COUNTIES. ALSO OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE FROM EASTERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ACROSS THE STATE TO THE EAST COAST BETWEEN VERO BEACH
AND DAYTONA BEACH.
MOVEMENT WAS EASTERLY AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:45 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-046>052-055>057-060>062-065-082235-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
330 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1994
...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA HAVE GENERATED
REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE VICINITY OF APPOLO BEACH DURING THE PAST
HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE SEA BREEZE THIS AFTERNOON COULD
RESULT IN OTHER FUNNEL CLOUDS DEVELOPING AS THESE STORMS MOVE INLAND OVER
THE HOT INTERIOR SECTIONS.
ELSEWHERE...OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED FROM THE NORTHEAST
GULF WEST OF CRYSTAL RIVER AND ALONG THE COASTAL SECTIONS OF LEVY AND CITRUS
COUNTIES. ALSO OVER THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE FROM EASTERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ACROSS THE STATE TO THE EAST COAST BETWEEN VERO BEACH
AND DAYTONA BEACH.
MOVEMENT WAS EASTERLY AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.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.