Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 2005, 2:27 PM EDT for Citrus County, Florida. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 9, 2005, 2:27 PM EDT (18:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2005, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Citrus County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 N Lecanto, FL | SHERIFFS DEPUTY REPORTED TORNADO FROM A DISTANCE NEAR HIGHWAY 486 MOVING WEST. STORM CONTINUED WNW WHERE ANOTHER DEPUTY REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND TWISTED OFF EAST OF CRYSTAL RIVER. |
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 13 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 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 091826 TORTBW FLC017-091900- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0018.050709T1827Z-050709T1900Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 227 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CITRUS COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 300 PM EDT * AT 227 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INVERNESS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... INVERNESS. BEVERLY HILLS. OZELLO. CRYSTAL RIVER. 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. 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 2869 8234 2882 8225 2903 8271 2875 8265 $$ 25
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 091838 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 238 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 FLC017-091900- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0018.000000T0000Z-050709T1900Z/ CITRUS- 238 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL CITRUS COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 238 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BEVERLY HILLS...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... LECANTO. CRYSTAL RIVER. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. && LAT...LON 2878 8245 2885 8236 2899 8267 2884 8265 $$ 25
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, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 9:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 37 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, 8 hours 26 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, 8:36 AM EDT, 5 hours 51 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.
&&
NPLocal storm report, Jul 9, 1:48 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
148 PM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM HIGH SURF MANASOTA KEY 26.92N 82.36W
07/09/2005 CHARLOTTE FL PUBLIC
BREAKING WAVES OF 6 TO 7 FEET.
&&
NOAHLocal storm report, Jul 9, 2:10 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
210 PM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1200 PM TORNADO MANGO 27.99N 82.31W
07/09/2005 HILLSBOROUGH FL PUBLIC
RELAYED TO THE RED CROSS. VIEWED BY FIVE PEOPLE.
&&
NOAHLocal storm report, Jul 9, 2:15 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
215 PM EDT SAT JUL 09 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0211 PM TSTM WND GST TAMPA 27.96N 82.48W
07/09/2005 55 MPH HILLSBOROUGH FL TRAINED SPOTTER
INSTRUMENT AT 100 FEET. NEAR USF. REPORTED BY RETIRED
METEOROLOGIST.
&&
NOAHThe 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, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 53 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.