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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 16, 1993Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 16, 1993, 4:34 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 11 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 16, 1993, 4:34 PM EDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 16, 1993, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
11 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1993-10-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 355 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 12:00Z on 1993-10-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 162034
TORTBW
FLC071-162045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
434 PM EDT SAT OCT 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  450 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...WESTERN LEE COUNTY...PARTICULARILY SANIBEL AND PINE ISLAND
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY BY LEE COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS ON
SANIBEL AT 420PM MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 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.
 
MARINE INTERESTS IN THESE WATERS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS AND
SEEK SAFE HARBOR.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
IF YOU SEE A TORNADO OR SEVERE WEATHER CALL THE SEVERE WEATHER
REPORTING LINE 1-800-282-5584
 
&

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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.