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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 5, 2004Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 5, 2004, 12:31 AM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 29 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
Sep 5, 2004, 12:31 AM EDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Sep 5, 2004, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pasco County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 4, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC12 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 62 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 2004-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2004-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 050431
TORTBW
FLC057-101-050500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1231 AM EDT SUN SEP 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  EASTERN PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 100 AM EDT

* AT 1231 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER DADE CITY...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  DADE CITY NORTH BY 1235 AM EDT.
  SAN ANTONIO BY 1235 AM EDT.
  WESLEY CHAPEL BY 1245 AM EDT.
  LAND O LAKES BY 1250 AM EDT.
  LUTZ BY 1255 AM EDT.
  CARROLLWOOD BY 100 AM EDT.

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO
A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING.
ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. LEAVE VEHICLES AND GET INTO A DITCH OR LOW
SPOT.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
OR YOUR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN.


&&

LAT...LON 2841 8206 2848 8221 2805 8268 2791 8248

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 11:11 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk34 min

Nearby

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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.