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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 2, 1994Charlotte County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 1994, 10:18 AM EST for Charlotte County, Florida. It was in force for 12 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 1994, 10:18 AM EST (15:18 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 1994, 10:30 AM EST
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Charlotte County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 1994-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 746 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 1994-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 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
746 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
549 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
342 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 021518
TORTBW
FLC015-021530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1018 AM EST WED MAR 2 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...CHARLOTTE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND
THE HIGHWAY PATROL OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.
 
AT 1015 AM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO BE ON THE GROUND NEAR THE KINGS
HIGHWAY NORTHEAST OF CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND MOVING TOWARD THE DEEP CREEK
AREA.
 
RESIDENTS IN AND "NEAR THE WARNED AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LOCAL
WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY SHOULD THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 7:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas33 min
Mar 2, 8:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSarasota46 min
Mar 2, 8:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk55 min
Mar 2, 9:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota50 min
Mar 2, 10:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Highlands46 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.