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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 12:20 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Floral City, FL | TWO 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:43 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:32 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 32 hr | |
| Mar 29, 4:59 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 41 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 51 min | |
| Mar 29, 9:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Mar 29, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 92 min | |
| Mar 29, 11:13 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 11:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 54 min | |
| Mar 29, 11:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 87 min | |
| Mar 29, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Sumter | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 95 min |
| Mar 29, 12:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 93 min |
| Mar 29, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 91 min | |
| Mar 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 115 min | |
| Mar 29, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 38 min |
| Mar 29, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 min |
| Mar 29, 2:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk | 115 min |
| Mar 29, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 91 min |
| Mar 29, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 35 min |
| Mar 29, 4:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Polk | 59 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.