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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 11, 2002Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2002, 6:04 PM EDT for Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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
Jun 11, 2002, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2002, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Whole counties

County Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2002-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 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 2002-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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.

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 112204
TORTBW
FLC115-112230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
602 PM EDT TUE JUN 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.

* AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER NORTH PORT...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* AT 600 PM EDT...SPOTTERS ALSO REPORTED NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS 
SOUTH OF THE NORTHPORT AREA.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  WARM MINERAL SPRINGS BY 615 PM EDT.
  MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK BY 630 PM EDT.

IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.

$$

LAT...LON 2701 8234 2707 8211 2729 8232 2718 8248

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW45 min
Jun 11, 5:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte27 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.