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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 15, 2000Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 15, 2000, 11:27 AM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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 15, 2000, 11:27 AM EDT (15:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2000, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Pasco County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 15, 11:33 AM EDTTornado F0Hudson, FLAn amateur radio operator reported that a tornado briefly touched down without damage near the intersection of State Road 52 and Hayes Road.

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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 2000-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2287 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 2000-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
2287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
734 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 151528
TORTBW

FLC101-151600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RUSKIN FL
1127 AM EDT SAT JUL 15 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PASCO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA

* UNTIL NOON EDT

* AT 1127 AM...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
  DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 TO 5 MILES EAST OF NEW PORT RICHEY
  ON MOONLAKE ROAD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM NEED
TO TAKE COVER IN A STURDY BUILDING. MOBILE HOMES AND CARS ARE NOT SAFE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 10:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota50 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.