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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 6, 2004Hardee County, Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 6:26 AM EDT for Hardee County, Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 34 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 6, 2004, 6:26 AM EDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2004, 7:00 AM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2004-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.10008507005003002001001 km2 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 2004-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 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.

455 
WFUS52 KTBW 061026
TORTBW
FLC049-055-061100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
626 AM EDT MON SEP 6 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 700 AM EDT

* AT 626 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEBRING...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  SEBRING.
  AVON PARK.

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.


&&

LAT...LON 2733 8155 2735 8157 2735 8181 2744 8176
      2746 8176 2750 8174 2756 8172 2764 8168
      2763 8129

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 6:46 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto29 min
Sep 6, 7:01 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk59 min
Sep 6, 7:59 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Highlands, Polk61 min
Sep 6, 8:32 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk28 min
Sep 6, 9:04 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Manatee, Polk26 min
Sep 6, 9:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW36 min
Sep 6, 9:29 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk31 min
Sep 6, 10:36 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk24 min
Sep 6, 11:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW119 min
Sep 6, 1:45 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk30 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.