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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2020, 11:17 PM EST for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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
- Feb 6, 2020, 11:17 PM EST (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2020, 11:45 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 9:25 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 393 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.6
The text
As transmitted.
326
WFUS52 KTBW 070417
TORTBW
FLC081-115-070445-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0004.200207T0417Z-200207T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
1117 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Manatee County in west central Florida...
Northwestern Sarasota County in west central Florida...
* Until 1145 PM EST.
* At 1116 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located near South Bradenton, or near Bradenton, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
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 dangerous storm will be near...
West Bradenton around 1120 PM EST.
Palmetto and South Bradenton around 1125 PM EST.
Bradenton, West Samoset, Sarasota Bradenton Airport and Memphis
around 1130 PM EST.
Ellenton around 1135 PM EST.
Lakewood Ranch around 1140 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Bayshore Gardens, Lake Manatee State Park, Samoset and Oneco.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 2739 8262 2751 8263 2760 8223 2739 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 267DEG 27KT 2744 8265
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 7:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 94 min | |
| Feb 6, 8:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 57 min |
| Feb 6, 8:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 2 hr | |
| Feb 6, 9:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 47 min |
| Feb 6, 10:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco, Pinellas and 1 more | 58 min |
| Feb 6, 10:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 96 min | |
| Feb 6, 10:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 29 min |
| Feb 6, 10:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk and 2 more | 55 min |
| Feb 6, 10:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 24 min |
| Feb 6, 11:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 21 min |
| Feb 6, 11:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 113 min | |
| Feb 6, 11:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk and 2 more | 61 min |
| Feb 7, 12:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee | 88 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.