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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2005, 1:07 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 53 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, 1:07 PM EDT (17:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2005, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:08 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 091708
TORTBW
FLC057-103-091800-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0017.050709T1707Z-050709T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
107 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 107 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES...FROM 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON TO SAINT PETERSBURG...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45
MPH.
* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL AFFECT...
RIVERVIEW.
GULFPORT.
VALRICO.
MANGO.
OLDSMAR.
TEMPLE TERRACE.
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 2779 8206 2783 8231 2780 8249 2777 8257
2764 8267 2797 8300 2806 8294 2812 8285
2816 8273 2816 8243
$$
171 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTBW 091719
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
117 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005
FLC057-103-091800-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-050709T1800Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-
117 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT...
AT 117 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON TO 6 MILES WEST OF TAMPA...TO SEMINOLE...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH.
THESE STRONG STORMS WILL AFFECT...
LARGO BY 120 PM EDT.
TEMPLE TERRACE BY 130 PM EDT.
LUTZ BY 140 PM EDT.
THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.
PLEASE REPORT STRONG WINDS...TORNADOES...OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING...1-813-645-2323...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 2779 8206 2780 8249 2777 8257 2764 8267
2797 8300 2806 8294 2812 8285 2816 8273
2816 8243
$$
17What 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, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 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, 7 hours 6 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, 7:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 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.
&&
NPSpecial weather statement, Jul 9, 7:35 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 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, 4 hours 31 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.
&&
NPThe 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, 10:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 51 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.