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2016 [KTBW] TAMPA_BAY_AREA/RUSKIN Tornado (TO) Warning (W) Number 4
Listing of Counties/Parishes/Zones Included in Product
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Storm Based Warning History
565
WFUS52 KTBW 170756
TORTBW
FLC081-115-170830-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0004.160117T0756Z-160117T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
256 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SARASOTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EST
* AT 255 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULF GATE ESTATES...OR 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
SOUTH GATE RIDGE...GULF GATE ESTATES...RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS...SOUTH
SARASOTA...SOUTHGATE...SARASOTA SPRINGS AND SAINT ARMANDS KEY
AROUND 315 AM EST.
LAKE SARASOTA...THE MEADOWS...KENSINGTON PARK...NORTH SARASOTA AND
SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT AROUND 320 AM EST.
LAKEWOOD RANCH AROUND 325 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GATOR
CREEK ESTATE...BEE RIDGE...LAUREL...ONECO...DESOTO LAKES...VAMO...
HIDDEN RIVER...OSPREY...FRUITVILLE AND NOKOMIS.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 2741 8265 2732 8258 2733 8256 2728 8254
2733 8253 2740 8257 2744 8264 2757 8256
2741 8224 2718 8210 2707 8246 2723 8251
2725 8253 2721 8252 2740 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 224DEG 43KT 2712 8269
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$408
WWUS52 KTBW 170805
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
305 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC081-115-170830-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160117T0830Z/
SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL-
305 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA AND CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 304 AM EST...A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA KEY...SAINT ARMANDS KEY...LIDO KEY...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SARASOTA...SOUTH GATE RIDGE...RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS...SOUTHGATE...
SOUTH SARASOTA...SARASOTA SPRINGS...GULF GATE ESTATES...LAKE
SARASOTA...SAINT ARMANDS KEY AND SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT AROUND
315 AM EST.
THE MEADOWS...LAKEWOOD RANCH...KENSINGTON PARK AND NORTH SARASOTA
AROUND 320 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GATOR
CREEK ESTATE...BEE RIDGE...LAUREL...ONECO...DESOTO LAKES...VAMO...
HIDDEN RIVER...OSPREY...FRUITVILLE AND NOKOMIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 2741 8265 2732 8258 2733 8256 2728 8254
2733 8253 2740 8257 2744 8264 2757 8256
2741 8224 2725 8216 2711 8245 2723 8251
2725 8253 2721 8252 2740 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 222DEG 53KT 2718 8262
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$123
WWUS52 KTBW 170811
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
311 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC081-115-170830-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160117T0830Z/
SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL-
311 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA AND CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 310 AM EST...A DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SIESTA KEY...OR
JUST SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH GATE RIDGE AROUND 315 AM EST.
SARASOTA...SARASOTA SPRINGS...SOUTHGATE...LAKE SARASOTA...NORTH
SARASOTA AND SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT AROUND 320 AM EST.
THE MEADOWS AND KENSINGTON PARK AROUND 325 AM EST.
LAKEWOOD RANCH AROUND 330 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GATOR
CREEK ESTATE...VAMO...BEE RIDGE...FRUITVILLE...OSPREY...HIDDEN
RIVER...OSCAR SCHERER STATE PARK...SAMOSET...DESOTO LAKES AND ONECO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 2732 8258 2733 8256 2728 8254 2733 8253
2740 8257 2741 8259 2754 8251 2741 8224
2726 8217 2714 8246 2723 8251 2725 8253
2721 8252 2735 8263 2736 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 217DEG 34KT 2726 8254
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$Permalink to 201601170756-KTBW-WFUS52-TORTBW
565
WFUS52 KTBW 170756
TORTBW
FLC081-115-170830-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0004.160117T0756Z-160117T0830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
256 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SARASOTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 330 AM EST
* AT 255 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GULF GATE ESTATES...OR 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
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...
SOUTH GATE RIDGE...GULF GATE ESTATES...RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS...SOUTH
SARASOTA...SOUTHGATE...SARASOTA SPRINGS AND SAINT ARMANDS KEY
AROUND 315 AM EST.
LAKE SARASOTA...THE MEADOWS...KENSINGTON PARK...NORTH SARASOTA AND
SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT AROUND 320 AM EST.
LAKEWOOD RANCH AROUND 325 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GATOR
CREEK ESTATE...BEE RIDGE...LAUREL...ONECO...DESOTO LAKES...VAMO...
HIDDEN RIVER...OSPREY...FRUITVILLE AND NOKOMIS.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 2741 8265 2732 8258 2733 8256 2728 8254
2733 8253 2740 8257 2744 8264 2757 8256
2741 8224 2718 8210 2707 8246 2723 8251
2725 8253 2721 8252 2740 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 224DEG 43KT 2712 8269
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$Permalink to 201601170805-KTBW-WWUS52-SVSTBW
408
WWUS52 KTBW 170805
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
305 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC081-115-170830-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160117T0830Z/
SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL-
305 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA AND CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 304 AM EST...A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SIESTA KEY...SAINT ARMANDS KEY...LIDO KEY...OR 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SARASOTA...SOUTH GATE RIDGE...RIDGE WOOD HEIGHTS...SOUTHGATE...
SOUTH SARASOTA...SARASOTA SPRINGS...GULF GATE ESTATES...LAKE
SARASOTA...SAINT ARMANDS KEY AND SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT AROUND
315 AM EST.
THE MEADOWS...LAKEWOOD RANCH...KENSINGTON PARK AND NORTH SARASOTA
AROUND 320 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GATOR
CREEK ESTATE...BEE RIDGE...LAUREL...ONECO...DESOTO LAKES...VAMO...
HIDDEN RIVER...OSPREY...FRUITVILLE AND NOKOMIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 2741 8265 2732 8258 2733 8256 2728 8254
2733 8253 2740 8257 2744 8264 2757 8256
2741 8224 2725 8216 2711 8245 2723 8251
2725 8253 2721 8252 2740 8266
TIME...MOT...LOC 0804Z 222DEG 53KT 2718 8262
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...1.00IN
$$Permalink to 201601170811-KTBW-WWUS52-SVSTBW
123
WWUS52 KTBW 170811
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
311 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC081-115-170830-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160117T0830Z/
SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL-
311 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN SARASOTA AND CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 310 AM EST...A DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER SIESTA KEY...OR
JUST SOUTHWEST OF SARASOTA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH GATE RIDGE AROUND 315 AM EST.
SARASOTA...SARASOTA SPRINGS...SOUTHGATE...LAKE SARASOTA...NORTH
SARASOTA AND SARASOTA BRADENTON AIRPORT AROUND 320 AM EST.
THE MEADOWS AND KENSINGTON PARK AROUND 325 AM EST.
LAKEWOOD RANCH AROUND 330 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE GATOR
CREEK ESTATE...VAMO...BEE RIDGE...FRUITVILLE...OSPREY...HIDDEN
RIVER...OSCAR SCHERER STATE PARK...SAMOSET...DESOTO LAKES AND ONECO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS DEVELOPING. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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 2732 8258 2733 8256 2728 8254 2733 8253
2740 8257 2741 8259 2754 8251 2741 8224
2726 8217 2714 8246 2723 8251 2725 8253
2721 8252 2735 8263 2736 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0810Z 217DEG 34KT 2726 8254
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
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