Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 2004, 5:22 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2004, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2004, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:25 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 40 | 7 Sse Bradenton, FL | 34 KNOT GUST AT SRQ |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 995 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
694 WFUS52 KTBW 082122 TORTBW FLC081-082145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 522 PM EDT TUE JUN 8 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 522 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRADENTON...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... SAMOSET BY 525 PM EDT. WHITFIELD BY 535 PM EDT. BAYSHORE GARDENS BY 540 PM EDT. LONGBOAT KEY BY 545 PM EDT. AT 522 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH DAMAGE IN BRADENTON. && LAT...LON 2739 8245 2750 8244 2753 8273 2740 8270 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jun 8, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Jun 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 47 min |
| Jun 8, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Jun 8, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 42 min |
| Jun 8, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pasco | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 67 min | |
| Jun 8, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 86 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.