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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 22, 2001Citrus County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 22, 2001, 9:45 AM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 22, 2001, 9:45 AM EDT (13:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2001, 10:30 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Citrus County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 10:00 AM EDTThunderstorm WindCrystal River, FLCitrus county emergency management reported that thunderstorm winds downed several large trees, branches and power line in Crystal River.

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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2001-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 698 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 2001-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
698 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 221348
TORTBW
FLC017-221430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
945 AM EDT FRI JUN 22 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CITRUS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.

* AT 945 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A DEVELOPING TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CRYSTAL RIVER...MOVING  
  NORkTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  OZELLO BY 1005 AM EDT.
  CRYSTAL RIVER BY 1020 AM EDT.

TAKE COVER NOW!

$$

LAT...LON 2883 8293 2868 8280 2886 8248 2904 8262

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 10:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas35 min
Jun 22, 11:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWMarion40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.