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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 5, 1993Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 5, 1993, 2:57 AM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1993, 2:57 AM EDT (06:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1993, 3:30 AM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Manatee County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 00:00Z on 1993-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 00:00Z on 1993-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1554 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 050703
TORTBW
FLC015-081-115-050730-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
257 AM EDT MON APR 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE...S...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...CHARLOTTE COUNTY...MANATEE COUNTY...SARASOTA COUNTY
 
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN THE ABOVE COUNTIES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE OPEN...GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT@.
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO... WATERSPOUT... HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND...
CALL THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SEVERE WEATHER LINE AT
1-800-282-5584.
 
 
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 2:57 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota33 min
Apr 5, 3:24 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee51 min
Apr 5, 3:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHighlands, Polk61 min
Apr 5, 3:55 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands65 min
Apr 5, 4:11 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.