Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Jun 10, 1995, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)

Expired

Jun 10, 1995, 7:00 PM EDT

In force

51 min

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Area

Whole counties

County Polk County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KTBW 102213
TORTBW
FLC105-102300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN FL
609 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL FLORIDA
 
   ...POLK COUNTY
 
 
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED EAST OF BARTOW BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST
NORTH OF LAKELAND. THE TORNADO AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST
AT 10 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO MOVE TO A REINFORCED SHELTER
TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. AVOID WINDOWS.
ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET
INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY!
 
THE NWS RUSKIN OFFICE REQUESTS THE SKYWARN UNITS IN POLK BE ACTIVATED.
ALL SKYWARN UNITS IN WEST CENTRAL/SOUTHWEST FLORIDA SHOULD BE ALERT TO
THE LOCAL WEATHER AND FORWARD SIGNIFICANT WEATHER REPORTS TO THE RUSKIN
OFFICE.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 10, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY-RUSKIN, FL
253 PM EDT SAT JUN 10 1995

CONVECTION JUST BEGINNING TO POP ACROSS NRN ZONES AND THE EAST COAST
SEA BREEZE. EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAPID DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVG
WITH EVENTUAL SEA BREEZE COLLISION JUST INLAND OF THE COASTAL COUNTIES.
OUTFLOW FROM LAST NITES ACTIVITY ACROSS SE GA/NERN FL MAY BE CAPPING
CENTRAL FL NOW. KTBW & KTLH 88DS WERE SHOWING ANAMALOUS PROPAGATION
ACROSS THE TAMPA BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...OBVIOUSLY ATMOSPHERE IS
MORE STABLE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. VORT MAX OFF NE FL COAST THAT IS
ROTATING AROUND THE LOW EAST OF THE BAHAMAS SHOULD ASSIST IN KICKING OFF
ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL AREAS THIS EVENING. THIS SAID...WILL GO 40% IN @1
AND @3 WITH 30% IN FMY FOR POPS THIS EVENING.

MODELS SHOW BIG CHANGES HEADING THIS WAY NEXT 48HRS. WE MAY ACTUALLY
BE TALKING ABOUT FRONTAL PASSAGE LATE MONDAY! AT THIS TIME WILL GO
WITH A SCENARIO OF FRONT APPROACHING NRN PORTIONS OF FA LATE MONDAY.
SUNDAY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH SCATTERED AFT/EVG TSTMS DRIVEN
MAINLY BY SEA BREEZE FORCING. WITH FRONT APPROACHING CEDAR KEY LATE
LATE MONDAY AND SW FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE REGION SUN NITE/MONDAY
WILL DROP MENTION OF POP TIMING FOR ALL BUT SW FL ON MONDAY. WILL BE
CLOSE TO FWC TEMPS SUNDAY AS IT SHOULD BE ONE LAST HOT DAY...BUT GO
COOLER ON MONDAY WITH MORE CLOUDS AND THE WEST/SOUTHWEST FLOW. THANKS
FOR COORDINATION MLB.

@1 LEVY CITRUS HERNANDO PASCO PINELLAS HILLSBOROUGH MANATEE
@2 SARASOTA CHARLOTTE LEE
@3 SUMTER POLK HIGHLANDS HARDEE DESOTO

TPA BT 75/95/77/90 994425

NASH

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