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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 17, 2016Manatee County, Florida

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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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jan 17, 3:45 AM ESTTORNADO3 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 17, 12:47 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 17, 1:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas27 min
Jan 17, 1:51 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW39 min
Jan 17, 2:03 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW42 min
Jan 17, 2:35 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pinellas3 hr
Jan 17, 2:41 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW49 min
Jan 17, 2:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota58 min
Jan 17, 2:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota38 min
Jan 17, 2:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota34 min
Jan 17, 3:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Jan 17, 3:14 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter31 min
Jan 17, 3:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee33 min
Jan 17, 3:33 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota27 min
Jan 17, 3:34 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW26 min
Jan 17, 3:38 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWSarasota20 min
Jan 17, 3:39 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW36 min
Jan 17, 3:45 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk12 min
Jan 17, 3:49 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota26 min
Jan 17, 3:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWManatee14 min
Jan 17, 4:02 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Polk43 min
Jan 17, 4:03 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota117 min
Jan 17, 4:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW55 min
Jan 17, 4:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee45 min
Jan 17, 4:15 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota30 min
Jan 17, 4:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota43 min
Jan 17, 4:24 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk36 min
Jan 17, 4:36 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota39 min
Jan 17, 4:44 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota31 min
Jan 17, 4:50 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHardee, Highlands, Polk55 min
Jan 17, 4:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee32 min
Jan 17, 5:07 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte23 min
Jan 17, 5:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands47 min
Jan 17, 10:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTBWSarasota4 days
Jan 17, 10:08 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTBWDeSoto24 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.