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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 20, 1994Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 1994, 11:28 AM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1994, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1994, 12:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Sarasota County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 1994-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1578 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 1994-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
1578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
815 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 201529
TORTBW
FLC115-FLZ504-201600-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
1128 AM EDT MON JUN 20 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...CENTRAL SARASOTA COUNTY
 
  AND FOR THE COASTAL WATERS AROUND...
 
  ...SARASOTA COUNTY
 
 
 
A WATERSPOUT WAS REPORTED JUST OFFSHORE FROM VENICE. THE
WATERSPOUT WAS MOVING TOWARDS SHORE AT 10 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.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR 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!
 
 
 
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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.