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Tornado Warning 40, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 6, 2004DeSoto County, Highlands County, Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 2004, 7:59 AM EDT for DeSoto County, Highlands County, Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 61 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, 7:59 AM EDT (11:59 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2004, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeSoto County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Polk County, FL

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 6, 7:55 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 061159
TORTBW
FLC027-055-105-061300-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
  NORTHWESTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 900 AM EDT

* AT 759 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A BAND OF CONVECTION WITH SEVERAL TORNADOS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40  
  MPH.

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

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR 
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS.


&&

LAT...LON 2708 8158 2706 8188 2734 8162 2735 8155
      2755 8155 2766 8152 2795 8135 2787 8131
      2783 8127 2783 8123 2778 8120

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 6:26 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Highlands34 min
Sep 6, 6:46 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto29 min
Sep 6, 7:01 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk59 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.