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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 1994, 8:26 PM EDT for Pasco County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 1994, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1994, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Crystal Beach, FL | SKYWARN observer reported a brief tornado touched down in Crystal Beach blowing down a palm tree. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -189 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 120026 TORTBW FLC101-103-120100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 826 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE...S... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY...NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY AT 820 PM RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR TARPON SPRINGS. POSSIBLE TORNADOES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE NEW PORT RICHEY AREA. MOVEMENT IS TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. 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. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 11, 3:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ065-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 310 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LEE COUNTY... AT 305 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF FORT MYERS. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN LEE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:10 PM EDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before
FLZ065-112015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 310 PM EDT MON JUL 11 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN LEE COUNTY... AT 305 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF FORT MYERS. THE STORM WAS MOVING WEST-NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL. RESIDENTS IN LEE COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando | 57 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.