Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2005, 5:40 AM EDT for Sarasota 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2005, 5:40 AM EDT (09:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 10:05 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 888 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 110944 TORTBW FLC115-111015- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0011.050611T0940Z-050611T1015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 540 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 615 AM EDT * AT 540 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A WATERSPOUT MOVING ASHORE 15 MILES SOUTH OF SARASOTA...NEAR OSPREY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. WATERSPOUTS THAT MOVE ASHORE BECOME TORNADOS. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... OSPREY. VAMO. RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS. SARASOTA. SIESTA KEY. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. LEAVE VEHICLES AND GET INTO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. && LAT...LON 2710 8257 2711 8245 2737 8244 2737 8261 $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 111015 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 615 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 FLC115-111025- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050611T1015Z/ SARASOTA- 615 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY EXPIRED AT 615 AM EDT... AT 615 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && LAT...LON 2710 8257 2711 8245 2737 8244 2737 8261 $$ 57
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 11, 2:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 200 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY-MON)...TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS MOVING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...PLEASE CONSULT NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORIES FOR DETAILS. ARLENES PROJECTED TRACK ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL KEEP A ROBUST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW/ ALONG WITH A FAIRLY DEEP MOISTURE TAP OUT OF THE CARIBBEAN/ THROUGH MOST OF TODAY. AS ARLENE MOVES AWAY AND THE ATLANTIC HIGH SETTLES SOUTH/ AS IT SHIFTS WESTWARD SOME/ LATER TONIGHT THE GRADIENT WILL SLACKEN AND SOME SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR WILL WORK IN FROM THE EAST. LIKELY POPS TODAY WILL TREND DOWN INTO THE SCATTERED RANGE SUN AND MON. MINS TO RUN ON THE WARM SIDE OF CLIMO THROUGH OUT THE PERIOD WHILE MAXES START OFF COOL BUT THEN INCREASE TO NEAR NORMAL. .LONG TERM (MON NIGHT - FRI)...NOT MUCH CHANGE TO CURRENT EXT GRIDS TONIGHT. RIDGING ALOFT DOWN TO SFC TO START THE PERIOD COMBINED WITH DEEP MOISTURE FOR MORE TYPICAL DIURNAL SEABREEZE SCT CONVECTION MON-TUE. AND TEMPS AROUND CLIMO. UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN WITH UPPER TROFING OVER THE EASTERN U.S. TUE THRU THE WEEK. SFC RIDGE RETREATS IN THE W ATLANTIC AS FRONT HANGS UP IN THE DEEP SOUTH WITH SW FLOW OVER THE AREA MID-LATE WEEK. PRECIP TIMING EXPECTED TO START EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH SWITCH TO SW FLOW LATE IN THE PERIOD BUT REMAIN IN SCT CATEGORY. SW FLOW TEMPS TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT LOWS TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO WITH NEAR NORMAL HIGHS. && .MARINE...ARLENE AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL KEEP A TIGHT GRADIENT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY WITH WINDS AND SEAS UP IN THE ADVISORY RANGE. THE GRADIENT WILL BEGIN TO SLACKEN TONIGHT AND ALLOW WINDS/SEAS TO DROP DOWN TO SCEC FOR TONIGHT AND PERHAPS THE EARLY PART OF SUN. WINDS THEN STAY BELOW HIGHLIGHTS WITH AN EASTERLY COMPONENT THROUGH MOST OF THE PERIOD. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 088 076 090 075 / 70 30 50 20 FMY 088 077 090 074 / 70 30 50 20 GIF 088 075 090 074 / 70 30 50 20 SRQ 086 076 088 074 / 70 30 50 20 BKV 087 074 090 073 / 70 30 50 20 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 457 FOR ENTIRE TBW CWA...AND COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT TO 20 NM UNTIL 8 AM. FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 800 PM TONIGHT FOR 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 AND ALSO TAMPA BAY. && SHORT TERM...RKR LONG TERM...RD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:33 AM EDT, 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 533 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-111529- CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SUMTER- 533 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...TORNADO WATCH 458 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM TODAY... TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS MOVING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...PLEASE CONSULT NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORIES FOR DETAILS. ARLENES PROJECTED TRACK ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL KEEP A ROBUST AND MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW THROUGH MOST OF TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING TODAY. SMALL TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND PRODUCE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE) FLZ055>057-060>062-065-111529- CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-LEE-MANATEE-SARASOTA- 533 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY: ...TORNADO WATCH 457 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM TODAY. TROPICAL STORM ARLENE WAS MOVING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING...PLEASE CONSULT NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER ADVISORIES FOR DETAILS. ARLENES PROJECTED TRACK ALONG WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE ATLANTIC WILL KEEP A ROBUST AND MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW THROUGH MOST OF TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING TODAY. SMALL TORNADOES...DAMAGING WIND...AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. NUMEROUS SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA WILL HAVE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES AND PRODUCE THE THREAT OF FLOODING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. && FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 1:16 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 116 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 FLZ062-065-110630- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 120 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ......STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES... A BAND OF STRONG SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ROTONDA...PORT CHARLOTTE...BOCA GRANDE...SANIBEL...CAPE CORAL...PINE ISLAND AND FORT MYERS VILLAS...UNTIL 230 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RD
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:39 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 239 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 FLZ062-065-110745- CHARLOTTE-LEE- 239 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ......STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES... A BAND OF STRONG SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ROTONDA...PORT CHARLOTTE...BOCA GRANDE...SANIBEL...CAPE CORAL...PINE ISLAND...FORT MYERS AND BONITA SPRINGS...UNTIL 345 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RD
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:43 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 443 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 FLZ049>051-055-060-062-111015- MANATEE-CHARLOTTE-PINELLAS-SARASOTA-HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO- 443 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ......STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT THE SUNCOAST THIS MORNING... A BAND OF STRONG SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORT CHARLOTTE...VENICE...SARASOTA...BRADENTON...SAINT PETERSBURG...CLEARWATER...TAMPA...AND SPRING HILL...UNTIL 615 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO EXPECTED. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RD
Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:24 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 524 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 FLZ056-061-062-111015- CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-HARDEE- 524 AM EDT SAT JUN 11 2005 ...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL DESOTO COUNTY... SHOWERS...AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT RURAL SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL DESOTO COUNTY...UNTIL 615 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. RD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Jun 11, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 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.