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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 20, 2000Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report 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
Jun 20, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2000, 6:15 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Manatee County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 20, 5:55 PM EDTHail 0.75Myakka City, FLThe Division of Foresty reported dime sized hail near the intersection of State Road 70 and Sugar Bowl Road over rural extreme southeast Manatee county.

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, 9.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2000-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 314 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 2000-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-119 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

391 
WFUS52 KTBW 202146
TORTBW
FLC081-202215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
545 PM EDT TUE JUN 20 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS REISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY.

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 544 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY ALONG STATE ROAD 70 NEAR MYAKKA 
  CITY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* AT 544 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ALSO REPORTED A TORNADO 
  EARLIER WITH THIS STORM.
  

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND
BODY WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.

$$

LAT...LON 2722 8214 2740 8206 2755 8224 2736 8225

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Manatee37 min
Jun 20, 5:14 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWManatee31 min
Jun 20, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk23 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.