Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:17 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 13 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2005, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 101917 TORTBW FLC081-101930- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0010.050610T1917Z-050610T1930Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 317 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 330 PM EDT * AT 317 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER WESTERN DESOTO COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... MYAKKA CITY. 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. && LAT...LON 2721 8207 2732 8206 2751 8220 2737 8225 $$ 63
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 101930 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 328 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 FLC081-101938- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050610T1930Z/ MANATEE- 328 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 330 PM EDT... AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. THIS STORM IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL...SHORT LIVED TORNADOES AS IT CONTINUES RAPIDLY NORTHWEST ACROSS MANATEE COUNTY. IF THE TORNADO DOES REDEVELOP...THE WARNING WILL BE REISSUED. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 2721 8207 2732 8206 2751 8220 2737 8225 $$ 63
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT, 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 .UPDATE...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 450 HAS BEEN ISSUED BY SPC FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED COASTAL WATERS OUT TO 20 NM. HAVE ALREADY ISSUED ZFP AND WILL ISSUE CWF ASAP. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION WITH UPDATED W/W/A LINE... .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SUN)...ARLENE IS BECOMING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED...AND LATEST TPC ADVISORY HAS MAX SUSTAINED WINDS AT 60 MPH. SOME OUTER BANDING FEATURES ORGANIZING OVER THE SRN FA...WITH PERIODS OF RAIN EXPECTED THRU TONIGHT. FLOOD WATCH WAS RECENTLY UPDATED. BULK OF THE RAIN IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... BUT MAY SEE SOME ADDITIONAL BANDS FORM WITH TRAINING POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA AS ARLENE PULLS AWAY ON SAT. THUS THE WATCH IS OUT THRU THE DAY SATURDAY. TEMPS MAY BE HELD DOWN AGAIN TOMORROW BELOW CLIMO VALUES...AGAIN DEPENDING ON WHERE BANDS FROM ARLENE SET UP AND HOW MUCH OF A CLOUD SHIELD IS OVER THE AREA. GUIDANCE CALL FOR VALUES RIGHT AT NORMALS... UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. PREFER TO GO BELOW THIS FOR NOW AND WILL SEE GENERALLY MID TO UPPER 80S TOMORROW. FOR SUN...GFS HAS A REMNANT BAND STILL OVER THE PENINSULA...WHEREAS NAM HAS IT FURTHER WEST IN THE GULF. WILL GO WITH TEMPS CLOSER TO NORMAL WITH AN OPTIMISTIC FORECAST OF LESS RAIN CHANCES...THOUGH STILL SCT COVERAGE...SUN. .LONG TERM (SUN NIGHT-FRI)...BAND OF DEEP LAYERED MOISTURE IN THE WAKE OF ARLENE ALONG WITH UPPER AND SURFACE RIDGING TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE PENINSULA WILL SUPPORT SCATTERED DIURNAL TYPE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY UNDER A DEEP SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHERLY WIND FLOW. ONGOING FORECAST COVERS THIS WELL WITH 30-40% POPS BEING DEPICTED IN THE GRIDS AND ZONES...SO HAVE MADE LITTLE CHANGES DURING THIS TIME FRAME. DURING WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE GFS CONTINUES TO INSIST ON DEVELOPING A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH OVER THE EASTERN U.S. WHILE TRYING TO PUSH A VERY LATE SEASON COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN PENINSULA LATE THURSDAY IN FRIDAY. SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY STILL FEEL THIS SOLUTION IS OVERLY AGGRESSIVE WITH A FRONT MOVING THIS FAR SOUTH GIVEN THE TIME OF THE YEAR...SO AGAIN HAVE NOT MADE ANY REAL CHANGES TO THE GRIDS...AND EXPECT TO SEE A CONTINUATION OF DAILY DIURNAL SCATTERED CONVECTION FIRING OFF EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG SEA/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES...WITH POPS CONTINUING IN THE 30-40% RANGE EACH AFTERNOON...TAPERING BACK TO 20% EACH EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE NEAR NORMAL WHILE LOWS WILL RUN SLIGHTLY ABOVE. && .MARINE...LATEST FORECAST TRACK FOR ARLENE FROM NHC HAS THE 34 KT WIND FIELD EDGING JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR COASTAL WATERS. WILL BUMP WINDS AND SEAS UP IN THE 430 PACKAGE AND MENTION GUSTS TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE TONIGHT IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. WITH THE STORM A LITTLE CLOSER...WILL GO AHEAD WITH THE SCA OVER ALL COASTAL WATERS EXCEPT TAMPA BAY. WINDS AND SEAS LOOK TO STAY UP A LITTLE LONGER AFTER ARLENE MOVES INLAND...SO WILL SLOW THE WEAKENING TREND FOR SPEEDS THRU SAT. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 75 88 76 91 / 70 60 30 40 FMY 76 88 77 91 / 80 60 30 40 GIF 74 88 75 91 / 70 60 30 40 SRQ 76 86 76 89 / 80 60 30 40 BKV 75 87 74 91 / 60 60 30 40 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 450 FOR CHARLOTTE...LEE...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT TO 20 NM. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH... POLK...MANATEE...HARDEE...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE...DE SOTO... LEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 60 NM. SMALL CRAFT EXERCISE CAUTION TAMPA BAY. && SHORT TERM...RJS LONG TERM...JCM
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 11:17 AM EDT, 4 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1117 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 FLZ050>052-055>057-060>062-065-101930- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1117 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA...WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL TOTALS OF THAT MAY REACH 2 TO 4 ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED BANK FULL. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. ASIDE FROM THE THREAT OF RAIN...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AS RAIN BANDS SPIRAL IN FROM THE OUTER EDGES OF ARLENE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. FROM SUNDAY ON...HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. FLZ039-042-043-048-049-101930- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO- 1117 AM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...NORTHERN FLORIDA AND CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT TROPICAL STORM ARLENE MOVING ACROSS THE GULF AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND NUMEROUS SHOWERS. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 2 INCHES TODAY. THE HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL STREAMS MAY BRIEFLY EXCEED BANK FULL. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY RAINS FROM TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA ON SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. FROM SUNDAY ON...HIGH PRESSURE NORTH OF THE AREA WILL MAINTAIN EAST SOUTHEAST FLOW WITH SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:20 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 FLZ055>057-060>062-101915- MANATEE-CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA- 220 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...STRONG RAINBAND MOVING ACROSS DESOTO AND SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY... .A STRONG BAND OF SHOWERS WAS LOCATED FROM VENUS IN SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY TO FORT OGDEN IN SOUTHERN DESOTO COUNTY. THE BAND OF SHOWERS WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 TO 25 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT NORTH PORT...ARCADIA...AND PLACID LAKES BY 3 PM. THIS BAND OF SHOWERS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. EO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.