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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 24, 2001Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2001, 8:10 AM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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
Oct 24, 2001, 8:10 AM EDT (12:10 UTC)
Expired
Oct 24, 2001, 8:45 AM EDT
In force
35 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 12:13 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, 0.2 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 2001-10-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2345 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 2001-10-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
2345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

296 
WFUS52 KTBW 241211
TORTBW
FLC081-241245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
810 AM EDT WED OCT 24 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 845 AM EDT.

* AT 810 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A TORNADO 1 MILE WEST OF ANNA MARIA ISLAND IN MANATEE              
  COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10   MPH.

* AT 810 AM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED WATERSPOUT 1 MILE   
  WEST OF HOLMES BEACH ABOUT TO MOVE ASHORE..

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  HOLMES BEACH BY 810 AM EDT.

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 2750 8276 2748 8274 2753 8263 2757 8268

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 24, 7:44 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW31 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.