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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 23, 2003Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2003, 4:34 PM EDT for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2003, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2003, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pasco County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 2003-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 596 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 2003-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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.

576 
WFUS52 KTBW 232034
TORTBW
FLC101-232100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
433 PM EDT MON JUN 23 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES EAST OF NEW PORT RICHEY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  MOON LAKE ESTATES.
  PORT RICHEY.
  ODESSA.
  NEW PORT RICHEY.

AT 425 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC ALSO REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR MOON 
LAKE ESTATES. 

IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.


&&

LAT...LON 2830 8250 2838 8268 2818 8283 2818 8257

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 11:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningTBWLee3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.