Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 23, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2005, 4:25 PM EDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 2005, 4:44 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:28 PM EDT | TORNADO | Largo, FL | PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ALONG STATE ROAD 688. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 232026 TORTBW FLC103-232045- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0012.050623T2025Z-050623T2045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 425 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 445 PM EDT * AT 425 PM EDT..EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATED A TORNADO OVER LARGO...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... BELLEAIR BY 430 PM EDT. AT 425 PM EDT...THE TORNADO WAS MOVING WEST ON STATE ROAD 688. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. && LAT...LON 2782 8278 2796 8266 2815 8290 2797 8305 $$ 55
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTBW 232034 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 434 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLC103-232045- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050623T2045Z/ PINELLAS- 434 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM EDT... AT 434 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO JUST WEST OF LARGO...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... BELLEAIR BLUFFS BY 440 PM EDT. INDIAN ROCKS BEACH BY 445 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. DO NOT USE YOUR VEHICLE TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. VEHICLES MAY BE MOVED BY THE STRONG WINDS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE VEHICLE AND GO INTO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT...BUT WATCH FOR RISING WATERS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. && LAT...LON 2782 8278 2796 8266 2815 8290 2797 8305 $$ 57
000 WWUS52 KTBW 232044 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 445 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLC103-232055- /O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-050623T2045Z/ PINELLAS- 445 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 445 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. && LAT...LON 2782 8278 2796 8266 2815 8290 2797 8305 $$ 57
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 23, 1:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 1:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 115 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT-SAT)...UPPER LOW CURRENTLY SPINNING OVER THE FL STRAITS TO SLOWLY LIFT N/NW-WARD THROUGH THE PERIOD OVER THE STATE AS A RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NE US. AT THE SFC...WEAK LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES OVER THE AREA AS A TROPICAL WAVE LIFTS NW THROUGH CUBA. THESE FEATURES MERGE LATE FRIDAY AND LIFT NNW OVER THE STATE FOR SATURDAY. THIS MEANS THE PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED CLEARING AND RETURN TO A NORMAL SUMMER PATTERN WILL BE FURTHER DELAYED AS DEEP TROPICAL MOISTURE AND ADDED UPPER ENERGY WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. WILL THEREFORE BUMP UP POPS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND REDUCE THE THUNDER MENTION. WILL ALSO LOWER MAX TEMPS AS WILL HAVE MORE CLOUDS AND RAIN. && .LONG TERM (SAT NGT-THU)...AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD THE UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE FL PENINSULA WHILE THE TROPICAL WAVE MOVES FROM THE PENINSULA INTO THE EASTERN GULF. THOUGH THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN MODELS, LEANING TOWARDS NAM. BY SUN AFTERNOON LOOK FOR THE TROF TO MOVE NNW INTO THE DEEP SOUTH. WILL KEEP SCATTERED POPS OVER THE AREA AS FINAL SOLUTION STILL IN DOUBT. BY TUES UPPER RIDGING REESTABLISHES ITSELF OVER THE REGION WHILE SFC BERMUDA HIGH RIDGES TO OUR NORTH. THIS IS EXPECTED TO BRING A E/SE FLOW ACROSS THE STATE WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE TYPICAL SUMMER WEATHER PATTERN OF SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TAPERING OFF TO ISOLATED IN THE EVENINGS. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD AROUND CLIMATE. && .MARINE...WEAK LOW PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TO MERGE WITH A TROPICAL WAVE CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN CARIBBEAN/HISPANOLA REGION. THIS FEATURE WILL THEN LIFT NNW OVER THE STATE WITH WINDS TURNING CYCLONICLY FROM EASTERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY AROUND THE LOW. WILL KEEP WIND SPEEDS AT OR BELOW 15 KNOTS FOR NOW AND SEAS LESS THAN 5 FEET. AFTER THIS FEATURE MOVES BY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN WITH LIGHT EASTERLY FLOW RETURNING. && .FIRE WEATHER...NO CONCERNS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... TPA 72 87 73 88 / 40 60 40 50 FMY 71 86 73 89 / 50 60 40 30 GIF 72 88 73 89 / 40 60 40 50 SRQ 71 86 73 88 / 40 60 40 50 BKV 69 87 70 87 / 30 60 40 50 && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JLC LONG TERM....RD/JLF/SU
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 4:15 AM EDT, 12 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 415 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-240830- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 415 AM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WATERSPOUT ACTIVITY AGAIN POSSIBLE OVER NEAR SHORE AND INLAND WATERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIDESPREAD RAINFALL COMBINED WITH ISOLATED TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY WHICH MAY NECESSITATE FLOOD WATCHES OR WARNINGS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 209 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLZ060-062-231845- CHARLOTTE-SARASOTA- 209 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST CHARLOTTE AND SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT ROTONDA...MANASOTA KEY...SOUTH VENICE...NOKOMIS...LAUREL...WARM MINERAL SPRINGS...ENGLEWOOD AND VENICE GARDENS...UNTIL 245 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 237 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLZ052-231900- POLK- 237 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND WESTERN POLK COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WINTER HAVEN...INWOOD...AUBURNDALE...LAKELAND AND CRYSTAL LAKE...UNTIL 300 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RJS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 2:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 259 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLZ051-052-231930- POLK-HILLSBOROUGH- 259 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WESTERN POLK AND EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES... A THUNDERSTORM...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...WILL AFFECT WINSTON...LAKELAND...CRYSTAL LAKE...LAKELAND HIGHLANDS AND PLANT CITY...UNTIL 330 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RJS
Local storm report, Jun 23, 3:41 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
341 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0335 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SW PLANT CITY 27.98N 82.17W
06/23/2005 2.30 INCH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER
FELL IN 30 MINUTES. LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING. RAIN
CONTINUES.
&&
NOAHSpecial weather statement, Jun 23, 4:14 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 414 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLZ050-232100- PINELLAS- 414 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY... A THUNDERSTORM...DRIFTING WEST AT 5 MPH...WILL AFFECT LEALMAN... HIGHPOINT AND PINELLAS PARK...UNTIL 500 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RJS
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:21 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 421 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 FLZ051-232100- HILLSBOROUGH- 421 PM EDT THU JUN 23 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH...WILL AFFECT WEST PARK...CARROLLWOOD...TOWN N COUNTRY...PALM RIVER...GIBSONTON... APOLLO BEACH...SUN CITY CENTER...TEMPLE TERRACE...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TAMPA...UNTIL 500 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE PEA SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RUSH HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING THIS EVENING. JCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 29 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.