Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1997
Tornado Warning 42, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 31, 1997, 12:48 PM EST for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 1997, 12:48 PM EST (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 31, 1997, 1:35 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Manatee County, FL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 12:58 PM EST | Tornado F0 | Bradenton, FL | A tornado briefly touched down and toppled trees and power lines near 59th Street and Cortez Blvd. before it lifted and dissipated. |
| Oct 31, 1:17 PM EST | Tornado F0 | Bradenton, FL | A tornado touched down and severely damaged a pool cage, barn roof and downed several oak trees near State Road 64 and Upper Manatee River Road. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 26 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WFUS1 KTBW 311750 RRA TORTBW FLC081-FLZ504-311835- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1248 PM EST FRI OCT 31 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A...TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 135 PM EST FOR ...WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY AT 1245 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN RUSKIN INDICATED A DEVELOPING TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BRADENTON. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 25 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED BY THE PUBLIC. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR ADDITIONAL TORNADO DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING NOW PROTECT YOURSELF...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 11:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 12:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 51 min |
| Oct 31, 1:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 29 min |
| Oct 31, 2:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Oct 31, 2:50 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 3:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 61 min |
| Oct 31, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 31 min |
| Oct 31, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 45 min |
| Oct 31, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 50 min |
| Oct 31, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 min |
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.