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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 9, 2005Hardee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2005, 12:11 AM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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
Jul 9, 2005, 12:11 AM EDT (04:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2005, 12:49 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hardee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:12 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 9:55 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2005-07-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-07-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 090411
TORTBW
FLC049-090445-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0013.050709T0411Z-050709T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1211 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT

* AT 1211 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN HARDEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  GARDNER.
  LILY.
  ONA.

IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...
SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD
WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 2744 8167 2741 8161 2740 8161 2735 8164
      2735 8185 2734 8186 2735 8188 2736 8203
      2757 8203

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 090422
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1222 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

FLC049-090445-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050709T0445Z/
HARDEE-
1222 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN HARDEE COUNTY UNTIL 1245
AM EDT...

AT 1222 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 2744 8167 2741 8161 2740 8161 2735 8164
      2735 8185 2734 8186 2735 8188 2736 8203
      2757 8203

$$

57
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 090449
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1248 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

FLC049-090458-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-050709T0445Z/
HARDEE-
1248 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HARDEE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 1245 AM
EDT...

AT 1248 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO
HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT STAY TUNED TO LOCAL 
MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 2744 8167 2741 8161 2740 8161 2735 8164
      2735 8185 2734 8186 2735 8188 2736 8203
      2757 8203

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 5:00 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands16 min
Jul 9, 6:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Jul 9, 6:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWPinellas30 min
Jul 9, 6:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW59 min
Jul 9, 7:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Jul 9, 10:54 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWLevy51 min
Jul 9, 1:07 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas53 min
Jul 9, 2:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCitrus33 min
Jul 9, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSumter38 min
Jul 9, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPolk35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Florida, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.