Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2000

Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 1, 2000Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2000, 5:14 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 31 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
Aug 1, 2000, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2000, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Lee County, FL

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 5:30 PM EDTThunderstorm WindFt Myers, FLThunderstorm winds, reported by the Ft. Myers police department and WFTX-TV (FOX) affiliate of Cape Coral, downed several large trees and power lines and caused minor roof, lanai and glass damage to homes from the intersection of Marsh and Scott Avenues in Ft.

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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2000-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 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 2000-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 012115
TORTBW
FLC071-012145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
514 PM EDT TUE AUG 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEE COUNTY.

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT.

* AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT MYERS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  FORT MYERS SHORES BY 515 PM EDT.
  TICE BY 520 PM EDT.
  FORT MYERS BY 530 PM EDT.
  SUNCOAST ESTATES BY 535 PM EDT.
  NORTH FORT MYERS BY 540 PM EDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST 
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 

$$

LAT...LON 2662 8169 2676 8170 2676 8207 2657 8209

13
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLee46 min
Aug 1, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte34 min
Aug 1, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco41 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2000Every tornado warning in 2000Tornadoes in 2000

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.