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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 30, 2014Manatee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 2014, 7:06 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 9 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 30, 2014, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2014, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 9 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Manatee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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: 318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1243 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 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.

369 
WFUS52 KTBW 302306
TORTBW
FLC081-302315-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0009.140630T2306Z-140630T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
706 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 706 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO NEAR LONGBOAT KEY...OR NEAR BRADENTON...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT
  10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  LONGBOAT KEY BY 715 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

&&

LAT...LON 2750 8264 2749 8258 2741 8260 2743 8265
      2741 8264 2740 8262 2739 8263 2739 8265
      2743 8270 2744 8270
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 030DEG 8KT 2747 8262

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		56 min
Jun 30, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		40 min
Jun 30, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hardee	35 min
Jun 30, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	34 min
Jun 30, 6:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		27 min
Jun 30, 6:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pasco	38 min
Jun 30, 6:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	31 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.