Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 43, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 19, 1998, 12:27 PM EST for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 1998, 12:27 PM EST (17:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 1998, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Whole counties
County Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
231 WFUS1 KTBW 191729 RRA TORTBW FLC081-GMZ853-191815- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1227 PM EST THU MAR 19 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A...TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR ...MANATEE COUNTY ...AND INCLUDING THE GULF WATERS FROM THE MOUTH OF TAMPA BAY TO NEW PASS AT 1223 PM EST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN RUSKIN INDICATED A TORNADO OFFSHORE LONG BOAT KEY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING ONSHORE OVER CENTER OF LONG BOAT KEY AND THEN ACROSS SARASOTA BAY.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Mar 19, 9:55 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 9:55 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL 955 AM EST THU MAR 19 1998 FIRST DAY BACK...PLUS BATTLING WEATHER AND SOME MISSING DATA PROBLEMS. SO...NOT A LOT OF WORDS OF WISDOM TO OFFER. UPDATED A PORTION OF OUR ZONES EARLIER TO REFLECT CURRENT WEATHER.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 12:11 PM EST, 16 minutes before
FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-192100- WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL NOON EST THU MAR 19 1998 ...SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS AFTERNOON... ...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON RESULTING IN THE POSSIBLILTY FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING... ...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR ALL FORECASTED RIVERS AND CREEKS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...A FEW OF WHICH MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN FLOODING. HEAVY OVERNIGHT RAINS IN SOME AREAS COMBINED WITH ADDITIONAL LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN TODAY HAS RESULTED IN A FLOODING THREAT FOR RIVERS...CREEKS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD STAY ABREAST OF THE SITUATION AND PREPARE TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING ENSUES. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION IF NECESSARY. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER SHORT TERM FORECASTS...AND ANY LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. ADDITIONAL DATA ON RIVER FLOODING IS CONTAINED IN A SEPARATE FLOOD STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA OFFICE. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 9:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 60 min |
| Mar 19, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 2:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee | 59 min |
| Mar 19, 2:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.