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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

November 4, 1988Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 4, 1988, 1:49 AM EST for Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 1988, 1:49 AM EST (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Nov 4, 1988, 2:30 AM EST
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Nov 4, 12:13 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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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.