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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 2, 2014Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at May 2, 2014, 1:46 PM EDT for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 14 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: May 2, 2014, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 3.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

148 
WFUS52 KTBW 021746
TORTBW
FLC081-115-021800-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0007.140502T1746Z-140502T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
146 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PALMETTO...BRADENTON...
  NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SARASOTA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 146 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  WATERSPOUT NEAR LONGBOAT KEY...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF BRADENTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PALMA SOLA BY 150 PM EDT...
  SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT...BAYSHORE GARDENS AND BRADENTON BY
  155 PM EDT...  SAMOSET...ELLENTON...PALMETTO AND 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF DESOTO LAKES BY 200 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...AS WATERSPOUTS MOVE ASHORE THEY BECOME TORNADOES AND
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM 
WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 2750 8266 2750 8267 2751 8265 2764 8243
      2744 8230 2731 8259 2737 8264 2739 8265
      2743 8270 2747 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1746Z 239DEG 18KT 2741 8261

$$

1 follow-up statement

945 
WWUS52 KTBW 021759
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
159 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014

FLC081-115-021805-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140502T1800Z/
SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL-
159 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MANATEE AND NORTHWESTERN
SARASOTA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 PM EDT...

THE ROTATION OF THE WARNED STORM HAS WEAKENED ON RADAR. A TRAINED 
STORM SPOTTER AND THE OBSERVER AT SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT BOTH OBSERVED ROTATION IN THIS STORM. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL 
REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM OVER THE NEXT HALF HOUR. THE STORM 
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL 
HAIL UNTIL IT FULLY DISSIPATES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND 
LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR ANY FUTURE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS.

LAT...LON 2750 8266 2750 8267 2751 8265 2764 8243
      2744 8230 2731 8259 2737 8264 2739 8265
      2743 8270 2747 8271
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 239DEG 18KT 2743 8257

$$





RAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 9:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	115 min
May 2, 10:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco	85 min
May 2, 11:00 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	2 hr
May 2, 11:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	91 min
May 2, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	43 min
May 2, 12:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	91 min
May 2, 1:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		113 min
May 2, 1:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	22 min
May 2, 2:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	35 min
May 2, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	60 min
May 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	20 min
May 2, 3:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Pasco	43 hr
May 2, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		50 min
May 2, 3:34 PM EDT	Flood Watch	TBW	Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota	24 hr
May 2, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sarasota	23 min
May 2, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	30 min
May 2, 4:05 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		115 min
May 2, 4:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	24 min
May 2, 4:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Sarasota	2 hr
May 2, 6:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee	41 min
May 2, 7:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	60 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.