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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:01 PM EDT for DeSoto County, Hardee County, Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 49 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
- Jun 10, 2005, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2005, 3:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 101901 TORTBW FLC027-049-055-101945- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0009.050610T1901Z-050610T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 301 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA. HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 301 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... LAKE PLACID BY 300 PM EDT. ZOLFO SPRINGS BY 340 PM EDT. ONA BY 345 PM EDT. 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 2698 8128 2716 8107 2760 8184 2739 8201 $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTBW 101932 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 332 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 FLC027-049-055-101945- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050610T1945Z/ DESOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS- 332 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR HIGHLANDS...HARDEE AND NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 332 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... GARDNER BY 335 PM EDT. ZOLFO SPRINGS BY 340 PM EDT. ONA BY 345 PM EDT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RUSKIN. && LAT...LON 2698 8128 2716 8107 2760 8184 2739 8201 $$
000 WWUS52 KTBW 101950 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 348 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 FLC027-049-055-101958- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050610T1945Z/ DESOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS- 348 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR HIGHLANDS...HARDEE AND NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 345 PM EDT... AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM LAKE MANATEE TO LAKE JOSEPHINE. THE BAND OF SHOWERS WAS WEAKENING...HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE LINE OF SHOWERS. && LAT...LON 2698 8128 2716 8107 2760 8184 2739 8201 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 13 min |
| Jun 10, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 29 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.