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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 29, 2001Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2001, 10:00 AM EST for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 6 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 29, 2001, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 29, 2001, 10:30 AM EST
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 29, 10:05 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Spring Hill, FL	Hernando county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and several large limbs mainly along Laredo Avenue in Spring Hill.
Mar 29, 10:05 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Spring Hill, FL	Ham radio operators reported that thunderstorm winds removed residential home roofing tiles, toppled sheds, damaged a commercial signs, downed a few trees and numerous large branches along and east of the U.S. Highway 19 corridor in Spring Hill.
Mar 29, 10:12 AM EST	Hail 1.75	New Port Richey, FL	Skywarn Spotters reported golfball sized hail from U.S. Highway 19 to Little Road, three miles east of New Port Richey. The large hail damaged the tops and windshields of a few vehicles in New Port Richey.
Mar 29, 10:20 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	New Port Richey, FL	A Skywarn Spotter reported that thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and power lines on Sycamore Road in New Port Richey.
Mar 29, 10:20 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Jasmine Estates, FL	Ham radio operators reported that thunderstorm winds downed several trees, branches and a few power lines in the Moon Lake Estates along County Road 587.
Mar 29, 10:30 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind	Land O Lakes, FL	An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported numerous downed trees, large branches and power lines by thunderstorm winds along U.S. Highway 41 in Land O' Lakes of 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 29, 9:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 954 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 401 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 12.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 291503
TORTBW
FLC053-101-291530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1000 AM EST THU MAR 29 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1030 AM EST.

* AT 1000 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  TWO WATERSPOUTS...ONE 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARIPEKA... AND 2        
  MILES NORTHWEST OF HOLIDAY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. 

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  PORT RICHEY.
  JASMINE ESTATES.
  HUDSON.
  MOON LAKE ESTATES.
  ARIPEKA.
  WEEKI WATCHEE
  HERNANDO BEACH.

THIS ILS A DANGEROUS STORM! MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND
BODY WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.

$$


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 29, 9:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	46 min
Mar 29, 9:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Hernando	50 min
Mar 29, 9:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	50 min
Mar 29, 10:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Sumter	35 min
Mar 29, 10:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	32 min
Mar 29, 10:33 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco	27 min
Mar 29, 10:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	45 min
Mar 29, 10:59 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco, Sumter	31 min
Mar 29, 11:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	30 min
Mar 29, 2:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	55 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.