Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2016, 6:59 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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
- Jul 11, 2016, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:00 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Duette, FL | CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR DUETTE. NO REPORTED DAMAGE. LOCATION IS ESTIMATED AND MAY NEED TO BE UPDATED. |
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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
349
WFUS52 KTBW 112259
TORTBW
FLC081-112315-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0029.160711T2259Z-160711T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
659 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 657 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR
DUETTE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
DUETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A
VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2763 8207 2755 8207 2754 8224 2763 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 090DEG 7KT 2759 8213
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$2 follow-up statements
348
WFUS52 KTBW 112300 CCA
TORTBW
FLC081-112315-
/O.COR.KTBW.TO.W.0029.160711T2259Z-160711T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
700 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 659 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO WHICH WAS LOCATED
NEAR DUETTE...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUETTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A
VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2763 8207 2755 8207 2754 8224 2763 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2257Z 090DEG 7KT 2759 8213
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$845
WWUS52 KTBW 112316
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
716 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
FLC081-112326-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-160711T2315Z/
MANATEE FL-
716 PM EDT MON JUL 11 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 2763 8207 2755 8207 2754 8224 2763 8224
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 090DEG 7KT 2759 8213
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Jul 11, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 19 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2016Every tornado warning in 2016Tornadoes in 2016
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.