Alert archive / Florida / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 1996, 3:02 PM EST for Hernando County, Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 28, 1996, 3:02 PM EST (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 1996, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hernando County, FL, Sumter County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:02 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Brooksville, FL | |
| Mar 28, 3:27 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Sumterville, FL |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 398 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Mar 28, 2:51 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:51 PM EST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL 250 PM EST THU MAR 28 1996 SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN FORECAST AREA AS PERSISTENT CONVECTION ASSOCIATED
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 28, 11:00 AM EST, 4 hours 2 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 28, 11:08 AM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048-049-050-051-052-055-056-057-060-061-062-065- 504-505-282045- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 1100 AM EST THU MAR 28 1996 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR CITRUS...HERNANDO...LEVY AND SUMTER COUNTIES... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED NORTH OF A NEW PORT RICHEY TO CROSS CITY LINE. RESIDENTS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA PLANNING ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ALERT TO ANY RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION...MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. ALL SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ASLKED TO RELAY ANY ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE HERE IN RUSKIN. FATJO
Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:00 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
200 PM EST THU MAR 28 1996
TIME (ET) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ..COUNTY LOCATION..
700 PM EST LUTZ FL WIND DAMAGE.
3/27/96 HILLSBOROUGH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 50 MPH DOWNED A TREE.
REPORTED BY HILLSBOROUGH SO.
710 PM EST CHIEFLAND 1NW FL WIND DAMAGE.
3/27/96 LEVY THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS SNAPPED
AMD OFF 2 LARGE PINE TREES 20 FEET
OFF THE GROUND, SPLIT AND
DOWNED HALF OF A LARGE OAK TREE
AND OVERTURNED 5 PORTABLE SHEDS.
815 PM EST BUSHNELL 4SE FL WIND DAMAGE.
3/27/96 SUMTER UPROOTED 3 MIDIUM SIZED OAK
AMD TREES.Local storm report, Mar 28, 2:05 PM EST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...UPDATED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
200 PM EST THU MAR 28 1996
TIME (ET) ...CITY LOCATION... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
DATE ..COUNTY LOCATION..
700 PM EST LUTZ FL WIND DAMAGE.
3/27/96 HILLSBOROUGH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 40
TO 50 MPH DOWNED A TREE.
REPORTED BY HILLSBOROUGH SO.
710 PM EST CHIEFLAND 1NW FL WIND DAMAGE.
3/27/96 LEVY THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS SNAPPED
AMD OFF 2 LARGE PINE TREES 20 FEET
OFF THE GROUND, SPLIT AND
DOWNED HALF OF A LARGE OAK TREE
AND OVERTURNED 5 PORTABLE SHEDS.
815 PM EST (BUSHNELL 4SE FL WIND DAMAGE.
3/27/96 SUMTER UPROOTED 3 MIDIUM SIZED OAK
AMD TREES.The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 8:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 12:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 3:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 40 min |
| Mar 28, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Florida, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.