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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 24, 2005Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Oct 24, 2005, 5:49 AM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: Oct 24, 2005, 5:49 AM EDT (09:49 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2005, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Highlands County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Oct 24, 6:00 AM EDT	TORNADO	Lake Josephine, FL	PORCH TORN OFF AND SHED DESTROYED AT A HOME.

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 11 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
Oct 23, 9:25 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	14 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 240950
TORTBW
FLC055-241015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0029.051024T0949Z-051024T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
549 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT

* AT 549 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  LAKE JOSEPHINE BY 605 AM EDT.
  SEBRING BY 610 AM EDT.

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


&&

LAT...LON 2720 8129 2736 8119 2757 8156 2734 8156

$$

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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 Oct 24, 2:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 2:00 AM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
200 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

...MAJOR HURRICANE WILMA TO MAKE LANDFALL IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA THIS MORNING...

.SHORT TERM (TODAY-WED)...EXPECT HURRICANE CONDITIONS SHORTLY OVER SW
FL AND TS CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL FL PENINSULA. TORNADO
POTENTIAL CONTINUES WITH LAND FALLING HURRICANE TOR WATCH CONTINUES
UNTIL 15Z.

DIVING AND DEEPENING UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER THE MID MS RV VALLEY AS
SEEN IN WV SAT IMAGERY WHILE WILMA GETTING KICKED QUICKLY NEWARD. SFC
COLD FRONT RACING THRU THE N CENTRAL GULF ALONG STRONG VORT MAX WHILE
ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS DRAPED OVER THE N CENTRAL FL PENINSULA.
CONVECTION FROM WILMA...FRONTS...AND UPPER SUPPORT TO DRENCH THE AREA
THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. WILMA AND FRONTS TO QUICKLY MOVE
EASTWARD WITH SIGNIFICANT DRYING AND COOLING POST FRONT ON NW FLOW
FROM SFC TO ALOFT LATER TODAY/TONIGHT.

ALL LATEST MOS SHOWING TEMPS 10+ DEGREES BELOW CLIMO THRU THE PERIOD.
WHICH WILL FEEL WINTERY AS TEMPS AND HUMIDITY HAVE BEEN ABOVE NORMAL
LAST FEW WEEKS/MONTHS.

.LONG TERM (WED NIGHT-SUN)...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AT THE SFC
THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD WITH WEAK UPPER TROUGHING REMAINING IN
PLACE OVER THE STATE. THERE WILL BE AN ISOLATED CHANCE FOR RAIN FOR
FRI THROUGH SUN AS MOISTURE RETURNS TO THE AREA AND SOME UPPER
VORTICITY MOVES THROUGH THE W/SW FLOW. TEMPS TO BEGIN WELL BELOW
NORMAL AND THEN GRADUALLY MODERATE BACK TO NEAR NORMAL BY THE
WEEKEND.

&&

.MARINE...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS THIS MORNING.
STRONG HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD OVER THE WATERS LATE TODAY WITH WINDS
SHIFTING N/NW WITH SEAS 15 TO 20FT SLOWLY SUBSIDING LATE TODAY AND
TONIGHT TO 6-8 FT LATER TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE TO WEAKEN AND SETTLE
INTO THE REGION MID TO LATE WEEK WITH WINDS AND SEAS CALMING DOWN.

&&

.AVIATION...WINDS AND RAIN WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE NIGHT AS
HURRICANE WILMA APPROACHES THE SW FL COAST...WITH LOWERING CEILINGS
AND VISIBILITIES IN THE RAIN. THE PEAK FOR WINDS AND RAIN SHOULD BE
IN THE MORNING HOURS (ROUGHLY 10-15Z) AS WILMA MAKES LANDFALL AND
BEGINS TO PUSH INLAND. CONDITIONS SHOULD RAPIDLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WILMA CONTINUES NE ACROSS THE STATE AND
EVENTUALLY RE-EMERGES IN THE ATLANTIC AND A COLD AND DRY AIRMASS
MOVES INTO THE AREA.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EARLY TODAY.
STRONG WINDS AT ALL LEVELS FOR HIGH DISPERSION VALUES TODAY/TUE.
COLDER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TONIGHT-MID WEEK. POSSIBLE LOW RH OVER
INTERIOR AREAS TUE/WED.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 74 52 68 51 /  + 00 00 00
FMY 78 54 72 52 /  + 00 00 00
GIF 74 49 68 49 /  + 00 00 00
SRQ 75 53 69 52 /  + 00 00 00
BKV 73 41 67 40 / 90 00 00 00

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
 HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LONGBOAT KEY SOUTH INCLUDING THE
  SHORELINES OF SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...LEE...AND DESOTO.
 TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LONGBOAT KEY NORTH
  INCLUDING THE SHORELINES OF MANATEE...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH
  PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...AND LEVY COUNTIES.
 INLAND HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON TIDAL
  SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE...LEE...  HARDEE... HIGHLANDS AND DESOTO
  COUNTIES.
 INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR NON COASTAL AND NON
  TIDAL MANATEE...HILLSBOROUGH...PASCO...HERNANDO...CITRUS...
  SUMTER...POLK...AND LEVY COUNTIES.
 TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 837 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MONDAY MORNING FOR
  ALL COUNTIES EXCEPT LEVY.
 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.

&&

RD/JC

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 3:43 AM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
343 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-250745-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
343 AM EDT MON OCT 24 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
POWERFUL HURRICANE WILMA WILL QUICKLY MOVE OVER THE SOUTH FLORIDA
PENINSULA THIS MORNING. HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER
LAND AND SEAS FROM SARASOTA COUNTY SOUTHWARD AND TROPICAL STORM
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM MANATEE COUNTY NORTHWARD THIS MORNING.
DAMAGING WINDS...TORRENTIAL HEAVY RAINS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR
ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ACCOMPANY THESE CONDITIONS. FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION AS TO THE WINDS...RAINFALL... TORNADIC AND
MARINE THREATS FROM WILMA REFER TO OUR HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENTS.

HURRICANE WILMA IS GENERATING LARGE ROUGH SEAS OVER THE EASTERN GULF
OF MEXICO. LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL MAKE AREA BEACHES DANGEROUS TODAY.
THE PUBLIC SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS THIS MORNING UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.
MARINERS SHOULD REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MUCH COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS TO THE AREA
THE REST OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS MORNING.

&&

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

RD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		42 min
Oct 23, 10:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	26 min
Oct 24, 3:50 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	25 min
Oct 24, 4:36 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	24 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.