Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2016, 3:28 AM EST for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 3:28 AM EST (08:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:45 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 N Duette, FL | *** 1 INJ *** MANATEE COUNTY 911 REPORTS STRUCTURE COLLAPSE IN DUETTE WITH AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES OF VARYING DEGREES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 12:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
669
WFUS52 KTBW 170828
TORTBW
FLC081-170900-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0005.160117T0828Z-160117T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
328 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL AND EASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EST
* AT 327 AM EST...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKEWOOD
RANCH...OR 12 MILES EAST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...WEATHER SPOTTERS CONFIRMED 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...
LAKE MANATEE STATE PARK...MYAKKA HEAD AND 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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 2764 8234 2764 8207 2755 8206 2741 8206
2739 8221 2739 8239 2743 8238
TIME...MOT...LOC 0827Z 239DEG 38KT 2740 8235
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 1:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:41 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 58 min |
| Jan 17, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 2:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 3:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 3:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 3:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 12 min |
| Jan 17, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 26 min |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 14 min |
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 117 min |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 4:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 4:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 4:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 55 min |
| Jan 17, 4:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 5:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Jan 17, 5:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 24 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.