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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 29, 2014Citrus County, Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2014, 11:46 AM EDT for Citrus County, Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2014, 11:46 AM EDT (15:46 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2014, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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
Mar 29, 12:20 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGFloral City, FLTWO TREES DOWN IN FLORAL CITY ON EAST SANDPIPER ROAD AND EAST GOLBER.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 29, 9:43 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2014-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2014-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
736 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
461 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.3
Supercell composite
11.6

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The text

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

146 
WFUS52 KTBW 291546
TORTBW
FLC017-053-291615-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0004.140329T1546Z-140329T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1146 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CITRUS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  NORTHERN HERNANDO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1146 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR CHASSAHOWITZKA...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF HOMOSASSA
  SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HEATHERWOOD AND LAKE LINDSEY BY 1210 PM EDT...
  7 MILES SOUTH OF INVERNESS AIRPORT BY 1215 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2883 8228 2857 8228 2865 8262 2875 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 1546Z 267DEG 26KT 2869 8255

$$
1 follow-up statement
984 
WWUS52 KTBW 291602
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1202 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014

FLC017-053-291612-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140329T1615Z/
CITRUS FL-HERNANDO FL-
1202 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN HERNANDO AND SOUTHERN CITRUS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

ALTHOUGH THE TORNADO HAS DISSIPATED...THIS STORM CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 
DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HAIL.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NORTHWESTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2883 8228 2857 8228 2865 8262 2875 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 1602Z 267DEG 26KT 2869 8242

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 4:32 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW32 hr
Mar 29, 4:59 AM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota41 hr
Mar 29, 8:54 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW51 min
Mar 29, 9:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW64 min
Mar 29, 10:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW92 min
Mar 29, 11:13 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando47 min
Mar 29, 11:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW54 min
Mar 29, 11:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW87 min
Mar 29, 11:59 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Sumter46 min
Mar 29, 12:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas95 min
Mar 29, 12:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHernando, Pasco93 min
Mar 29, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW91 min
Mar 29, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas48 min
Mar 29, 1:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW115 min
Mar 29, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk38 min
Mar 29, 1:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough47 min
Mar 29, 2:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk115 min
Mar 29, 2:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHernando, Pasco91 min
Mar 29, 2:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk44 min
Mar 29, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk35 min
Mar 29, 4:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWPolk59 min

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.