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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 7, 1995Citrus County, Sumter County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 5:41 AM EST for Citrus County, Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 1995, 5:41 AM EST (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1995, 6:45 AM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Citrus County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 448 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 00:00Z on 1995-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 215 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
844 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
3.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 071042 RRA
SVRTBW
FLC119-017-071145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
541 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE...S...
 
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...EASTERN CITRUS COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 540 AM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FROM THE SUMTER MARION
COUNTY LINE NEAR THE SEVEN SPRINGS AIRPORT TO JUST WEST OF INVERNESS.
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. IT WILL BE
NEAR WILDWOOD BY 555 PM.
 
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 4:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus64 min
Jan 7, 6:48 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHernando57 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.