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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 7, 1995Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 7, 1995, 6:48 AM EST for Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 1995, 6:48 AM EST (11:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 7, 1995, 7:45 AM EST
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hernando County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 071150 RRA
SVRTBW
FLC053-071245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
648 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...HERNANDO COUNTY
 
 
 
 
AT 650 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN WEEKI WACHEE AND
BROOKSVILLE NEAR ROUTE 50. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE
WEST OF HERNANDO BEACH. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 30
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.

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 7, 6:43 AM EST, 5 minutes before
FLZ048-049-071245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA  RUSKIN FL
643 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995

AT 645 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF HERNANDO
BEACH NEAR THE HERNANDO PASCO COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

REMEMBER...THIS AREA IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Jan 7, 6:45 AM EST, 3 minutes before
FLZ048-049-071245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA  RUSKIN FL
643 AM EST SAT JAN 7 1995

AT 645 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF HERNANDO
BEACH NEAR THE HERNANDO PASCO COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

REMEMBER...THIS AREA IS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

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, 5:41 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Sumter64 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.