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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 28, 2021, 2:14 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
- Oct 28, 2021, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2021, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2:26 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 N Myakka City, FL | RADAR OBSERVED TDS. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 9:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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
- 1406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 675 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted.
061
WFUS52 KTBW 281814
TORTBW
FLC081-281830-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0011.211028T1814Z-211028T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
214 PM EDT Thu Oct 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Manatee County in west central Florida...
* Until 230 PM EDT.
* At 214 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Myakka City, or 18 miles east of Sarasota, moving
northeast at 25 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...
Myakka City around 220 PM EDT.
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 2752 8210 2738 8205 2737 8206 2731 8225
2738 8225 2739 8234 2740 8235
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 241DEG 23KT 2738 8224
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 4:01 AM EDT | Gale Warning | TBW | 43 hr | |
| Oct 28, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 64 hr | |
| Oct 28, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 33 min | |
| Oct 28, 10:16 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Oct 28, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 42 min |
| Oct 28, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Oct 28, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 61 min |
| Oct 28, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 58 min | |
| Oct 28, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter | 61 min |
| Oct 28, 1:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk | 45 min |
| Oct 28, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 58 min |
| Oct 28, 1:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 13 min |
| Oct 28, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Oct 28, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 26 min |
| Oct 28, 1:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 42 min |
| Oct 28, 1:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 23 min |
| Oct 28, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 46 min |
| Oct 28, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Oct 28, 2:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Manatee | 18 min |
| Oct 28, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Polk | 44 min |
| Oct 28, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 21 min |
| Oct 28, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 18 min |
| Oct 28, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 19 min |
| Oct 28, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Oct 28, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 39 min |
| Oct 28, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.