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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 28, 2000Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 2000, 8:13 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 28, 2000, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 8:22 PM EDTTornado F0Spring Hill, FLA Skywarn Spotter reported that tornado sporadically touched down near the intersection of County Road 576 (Hayman Road) and County Road 581 (Culbreath) in rural southern Hernando county.
Jul 28, 8:38 PM EDTTornado F0Jessamine, FLA Skywarn Spotter reported that tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of County Road 581 and Johnston Road, approximately six miles west of Jessimine, in rural north central Pasco county.

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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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 2000-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1407 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 2000-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1450 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 290015
TORTBW

FLC053-101-290045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
813 PM EDT FRI JUL 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN FLORIDA HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HERNANDO COUNTY.
  NORTHERN PASCO COUNTY.

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.

* AT 813 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
A  TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN HERNANDO COUNTY.  THE STORM WAS MOVING 
SLOWLY SOUTHWESTWARD.

* AT 813 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED A TORNADO 
WEST OF INTERSTARE 75 AND COUNTY ROAD 41.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  RIDGE MANOR BY 815 PM EDT.
  MASARYKTOWN BY 845 PM EDT.


$$

LAT...LON 2849 8216 2861 8230 2847 8251 2831 8233

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee40 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.