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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 10, 1995Charlotte County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 1995, 8:21 PM EDT for Charlotte County, Florida. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1995, 8:21 PM EDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Charlotte County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTBW 110022
TORTBW
FLC015-110115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
821 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
 
   ...CHARLOTTE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS ALONG THE FLORIDA WEST COAST
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PORT CHARLOTTE. THE
TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 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 FO
R A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET
INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte51 min
Jun 11, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough45 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.