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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 29, 1994Citrus County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1994, 2:25 PM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1994, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1994, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Citrus County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 1994-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1229 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1229 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 291827
TORTBW
FLC017-291930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
225 PM EDT WED JUN 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...CITRUS COUNTY
 
AT 225 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF INVERNESS NEAR
STATE ROAD 44. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
 
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco56 min
Jun 29, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSarasota65 min
Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee60 min
Jun 29, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte58 min
Jun 29, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough64 min
Jun 29, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough55 min
Jun 29, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee56 min
Jun 29, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough43 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.