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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 26, 1994Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 1994, 6:27 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 33 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 1994, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
33 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, 10.5 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 1994-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 691 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 1994-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
691 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 262230 COR
TORTBW
FLC071-FLZ504-262300-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING...CORRECTED DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
627 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 1994

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE......

IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA

   ...WESTERN LEE COUNTY

  AND FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AROUND...

  ...LEE COUNTY

A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN ST. JAMES CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST
AT ABOUT 10 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 CAUGHlT IN THE OPEN...GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

MARINE INTERESTS IN THESE WATERS SHOULD AVOID THESE STORMS AND
SEEK SAFE HARBOR.



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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.