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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 10, 1995Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1995, 6:28 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Hillsborough County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 1995-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2222 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 1995-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
2222 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 102230
TORTBW
FLC057-102315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
628 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
 
 
A TORNADO WAS DETECTED ON RADAR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRANDON. THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHWEST 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.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET
INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
THE NWS RUSKIN OFFICE REQUESTS THE SKYWARN UNITS IN HILLSBOROUGH
BE ACTIVATED. ALL SKYWARN UNITS IN WEST CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LOCAL WEATHER AND FORWARD SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER REPORTS TO THE RUSKIN OFFICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk63 min
Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco41 min
Jun 10, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk51 min
Jun 10, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough58 min
Jun 10, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee60 min
Jun 10, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.