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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 23, 2005Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 23, 2005, 7:11 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 70 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
Apr 23, 2005, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2005, 8:21 PM EDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Polk County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 67 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1236 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 232312
TORTBW
FLC105-240015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0004.050423T2311Z-050424T0015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
711 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 711 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKELAND...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  WILLOW OAK BY 715 PM EDT.
  MULBERRY BY 720 PM EDT.
  LAKELAND HIGHLANDS BY 725 PM EDT.
  BARTOW BY 735 PM EDT.
  INWOOD BY 745 PM EDT.
  WAHNETA BY 750 PM EDT.

AT 703 PM EDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A WALL CLOUD AND POSSIBLY A 
DEVELOPING FUNNEL CLOUD ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM

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 2808 8204 2790 8205 2777 8144 2804 8141

$$

63
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 232346
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
744 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005

FLC105-240015-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050424T0015Z/
POLK-
744 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM
EDT...

AT 725 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 
NORTH OF MULBERRY. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADO MOVING EAST AT 
20 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT...
  BARTOW.
  AUBURNDALE.
  EAGLE LAKE.
  WAHNETA.
  WINTER HAVEN.
  CYPRESS GARDENS.

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 2807 8186 2788 8188 2777 8144 2804 8141

$$

63
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 240021
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
817 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005

FLC105-240027-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-050424T0015Z/
POLK-
817 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY EXPIRED AT 815 PM
EDT...

AT 817 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO
HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NORTH OF MULBURRY AT AROUND 730 PM. A 
HAM OPERATOR REPORTED POSSIBLE SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE SOUTHEAST OF 
LAKELAND WEST OF U.S. 98.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG STORMS CONTINUE IN A LINE FROM 
WAVERLY...WEST TO BARTOW AND MULBERRY. SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS 
WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO 
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 2807 8186 2788 8188 2777 8144 2804 8141

$$

63

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 6:46 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough29 min

Nearby

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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.