Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches in 2006
Tornado Watch 28
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 3, 2006, 8:15 AM EST for 19 counties in Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2006, 8:15 AM EST (13:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2006, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Brevard County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:17 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.
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 11:19 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 86 min |
| Feb 3, 12:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 116 min |
| Feb 3, 12:42 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:15 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 105 min |
| Feb 3, 2:45 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 2 hr |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 57 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
- 1253 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WWUS20 KWNS 031315
SEL8
SPC WW 031315
FLZ000-CWZ000-032000-
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 28
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
815 AM EST FRI FEB 3 2006
THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL FLORIDA
COASTAL WATERS
EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 815 AM UNTIL 300
PM EST.
TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 65 STATUTE MILES
NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES WEST OF SARASOTA FLORIDA
TO 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF MELBOURNE FLORIDA. FOR A COMPLETE
DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE
(WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.
DISCUSSION...LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY JUST
OFF THE WEST FL COAST WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING/MOVING ENEWD ACROSS
CENTRAL FL THIS MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. ACTIVITY WILL INTERACT
WITH OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ORIENTED E-W FROM LINE OF STORMS EXPECTED TO
MOVE OFF THE E-CENTRAL FL COAST BY MID MORNING. SHEAR REMAINS QUITE
STRONG AND WILL SUPPORT SUPERCELLS AND SMALL BOW ECHOES. ONCE
HEATING OVERCOMES WEAK CAP THIS MORNING...EXPECT THE THREATS OF
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL INCREASE AND CONTINUE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY OVER CENTRAL FL.
AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500.
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 26030.
...EVANS
282,0825 291,0802 272,0802 262,0825SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 8:00 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Dixie and 8 more | 90 min |
| Feb 3, 1:53 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bradford, Citrus, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy and 2 more | 97 min |
| Feb 3, 8:01 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Orange, Osceola and 5 more | 29 min |
| Feb 3, 11:38 AM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Highlands and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 3, 2:39 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry and 9 more | 66 min |
| Feb 3, 4:19 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alachua, Bay, Citrus, Columbia, Dixie, Franklin and 16 more | 116 min |
| Feb 3, 4:49 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alachua, Baker, Bay, Bradford, Calhoun, Columbia and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 3, 5:10 PM EST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Collier, Palm Beach | 95 min |
Nearby
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.