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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 9, 2005Levy County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2005, 10:54 AM EDT for Levy County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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, 10:54 AM EDT (14:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2005, 11:45 AM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Levy County, FL

The radar

The Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 6:45 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jacksonville, FL (KJAX), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 668 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 105 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 091455
TORTBW
FLC075-091545-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0016.050709T1454Z-050709T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1054 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LEVY COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1054 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHIEFLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  OTTER CREEK BY 1100 AM EDT.
  CHIEFLAND BY 1115 AM EDT.

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 2921 8264 2936 8253 2964 8297 2946 8311

$$

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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 Jul 9, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:50 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
950 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY ALONG THE ENTIRE
TBW COAST...

.DISCUSSION...EFFECTS FROM DENNIS HAVE ALREADY BEEN FELT THIS
MORNING WITH ONE OF THE INITIAL BANDS. THIS BAND THAT MOVED THRU THE
TAMPA BAY AREA AROUND SUNRISE PRODUCED SCATTERED WIND DAMAGE REPORTS
AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE RISK FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
CONTINUE REST OF TODAY WITH EACH OF THE STRONGER BANDS.

DENNIS CONTINUES TO MOVE NW THIS MORNING OVER THE EASTERN GULF.
RADAR AND SAT PICS SUGGEST MOST OF THE RAIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF
DENNIS. AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NW DURING THE DAY...ADDITIONAL GUSTY
RAINBANDS WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR AREA...WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING
POSSIBLE...ESP SOUTH NEAR FMY WHERE 3-6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN EARLY THIS MORNING.

&&

.MARINE...CONDITIONS OVER THE GULF WILL CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE THIS
MORNING WITH TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS. LATEST SLOSH RUNS NOW
SUGGESTING TIDE LEVELS 3-5 FT ABOVE NORMAL DEVELOPING LATER TODAY...
INITIALLY SOUTH NEAR FMY...THEN DEVELOPING NORTHWARD ALONG THE COAST
THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 TORNADO WATCH 627 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FOR ALL COUNTIES.
 TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER.
 WIND ADVISORY 8 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY FOR SUMTER...POLK...
  HARDEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES.
 FLOOD WATCH 8 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY ALL ZONES.

NP

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 6:01 AM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
601 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-091200-
CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-
LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER-
601 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA/

.DAY ONE...TODAY:

...TORNADO WATCH 626 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT FOR MANATEE...
   SARASOTA...HARDEE...DESOTO...HIGHLANDS...CHARLOTTE AND LEE
  COUNTIES...
...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE RIVER...
...WIND ADVISORY FROM 8 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY FOR SUMTER
   POLK...HARDEE AND HIGHLANDS COUNTIES.
...FLOOD WATCH 8 AM TODAY UNTIL 8 AM SUNDAY ALL ZONES.

OUTER RAINBANDS ON THE PERIPHERY OF HURRICANE DENNIS MOVING NORTHWEST
OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS NOW AFFECTING PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FROM SARASOTA SOUTH TO THE
FORT MYERS AREA. THESE RAIN BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTH...
OVERSPREADING THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA THROUGH THE
DAY.

SQUALLY WINDS UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE AND VERY HEAVY RAINS WILL
ACCOMPANY THESE BANDS AS MOVE INTO THE REGION. THESE RAINS WILL
PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...AND WILL
CAUSE AREA RIVERS TO BE ON THE RISE. IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS
WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS TO TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WITH GUSTS UP TO HURRICANE STRENGTH OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS
LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

FURTHER INLAND WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 MPH RANGE WITH
GUST UP TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS
TO BE BLOWN AROUND...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD BRING IN ANY
OUTDOOR OBJECTS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE AND TRASH CANS...AS THESE
OBJECTS CAN BE PROJECTILES IN THE STRONG WIND.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HURRICANE DENNIS...PLEASE REFER TO
LATEST HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE HERE IN RUSKIN.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
UPDATES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY:

CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE ON SUNDAY AS DENNIS MOVES FURTHER
NORTH. HOWEVER WIND AND SEAS WILL REMAIN QUITE HIGH OVER THE
ADJACENT GULF WATERS...WITH THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES. DURING MUCH OF NEXT WEEK SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PERSIST EACH DAY THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS BEING
LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/TBW (LOWER CASE)

JCM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 6:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
653 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     TORNADO          BRADENTON               27.49N 82.58W
07/09/2005                   MANATEE            FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 HOMES WITH MINOR DAMAGE. TREE DOWN ON A CAR.

&&

NP

Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
730 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0655 AM     TSTM WND DMG     PINELLAS PARK           27.86N 82.71W
07/09/2005                   PINELLAS           FL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREES DOWN. ESTIMATED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH.

0658 AM     TORNADO          SAINT PETERSBURG        27.76N 82.67W
07/09/2005                   PINELLAS           FL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LAW ENFORCEMENT RELAY REPORT OF A PUBLIC SIGHTING OF A
            TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. TREES DOWN.

0715 AM     TSTM WND DMG     BRANDON                 27.93N 82.29W
07/09/2005                   HILLSBOROUGH       FL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS TREE BRANCHES DOWN AT THE CORNER OF BRYON AND
            LUMSDEN.

&&

NP

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 7:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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

FLZ048-049-091230-
HERNANDO-PASCO-
735 AM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005

...STRONG WINDS WILL AFFECT PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTY...

STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN OUTER BAND OF DENNIS WILL AFFECT
MUCH OF PASCO AND HERNANDO COUNTIES. THIS LINE IS MOVING NORTHWEST
AT 40 MPH...WILL AFFECT THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS
UP TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. SOME DAMAGE TO
TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

NP

Local storm report, Jul 9, 8:36 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
836 AM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 AM     TORNADO          TAMPA                   27.96N 82.48W
07/09/2005                   HILLSBOROUGH       FL   AMATEUR RADIO

            HAM RADIO REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR THE PORT OF
            TAMPA. BUILDING AND TREE DAMAGE REPORTED.

&&

NP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 12:11 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hardee	38 min
Jul 9, 5:00 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Highlands	16 min
Jul 9, 6:25 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		65 min
Jul 9, 6:30 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	30 min
Jul 9, 6:46 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		59 min
Jul 9, 7:48 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		57 min
Jul 9, 1:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	53 min
Jul 9, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Citrus	33 min
Jul 9, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Sumter	38 min
Jul 9, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.