Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 1993, 7:44 PM EDT for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1993, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1993, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTBW 152345 TORTBW FLC081-115-160030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 744 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE... IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA ...MANATEE COUNTY...SARASOTA COUNTY AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDING THE BAY AND INLAND WATERS A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN PALMETTO AT 741 PM. THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY ----------- NEAR -------------. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE -------- AT -- MPH. 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.
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, Jun 15, 6:55 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-505-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 655 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 645 PM RADAR INICATED A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM CHARLOTTE HARBOR SOUTH TO FORT MYERS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FEQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS AND MARINERS IN CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND HEAD OFFSHORE. THESE STRONG STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREUWENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL OR FUNNEL CLOUDS.
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:58 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
FLZ006-008>021-505-152345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL 655 PM EDT TUE JUN 15 1993 ... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AT 645 PM RADAR INICATED A BAND OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM CHARLOTTE HARBOR SOUTH TO FORT MYERS. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...FEQUENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS AND MARINERS IN CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBLITY OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE NEXT HOUR AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND HEAD OFFSHORE. THESE STRONG STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RZAINFALL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREUWENT LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE HAIL OR FUNNEL CLOUDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 41 min |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 2 min |
| Jun 15, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 63 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.