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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2006, 1:39 AM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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 13, 2006, 1:39 AM EDT (05:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2006, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 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), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this tornado warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:41 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 434 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 7.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 130541 TORTBW FLC105-130600- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0015.060613T0539Z-060613T0600Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 139 AM EDT TUE JUN 13 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 200 AM EDT * AT 139 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... GIBSONIA. POLK CITY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM IF YOUR HOME IS IN THE PATH OF THIS 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. 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 2818 8207 2802 8195 2830 8170 2846 8192 $$ 22
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 Jun 12, 9:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 9:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
935 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
.DISCUSSION...MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE ACTUAL
CIRCULATION WITH A FEEDER BAND MOVING ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS.
WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING TO TROPICAL STORM FORCE OVER NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL COASTAL WATERS AND ALONG THE COAST FROM ABOUT VENICE NORTH...
BUT MAINLY ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTIVE CELLS. EVENING TBW SOUNDING
INDICATING SOME DIRECTIONAL AND SPEED SHEAR WITH SURFACE WINDS FROM
THE SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 15 TO 20 KNOTS INCREASING TO OVER 50 KNOTS AT
4000 FEET AND SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST. THIS GIVES A STORM
RELATIVE HELICITY OF 550 SO WILL NEED TO CONTINUE MONITORING RADAR
FOR POSSIBLE WATERSPOUTS/TORNADOES THROUGH THE NIGHT. CONVECTIVE
CELLS COULD ALSO TAP SOME OF THE 50+ KNOT WIND CAUSING WIND GUSTS
OVER 50 MPH AS THE BANDS MOVE THROUGH. OVERALL THE ZONE FORECAST
LOOKS ON TRACK...BUT WILL MAKE SOME MINOR WORDING ADJUSTMENTS IN
A LITTLE WHILE ONCE TORNADO WATCH EXPIRES OR IS EXTENDED.
&&
.MARINE...HIGH WINDS AND ROUGH SEAS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT
THEN BEGIN TO SUBSIDE TUESDAY AS ALBERTO MOVES NORTHEAST AWAY FROM
THE AREA. IN GENERAL MARINE FORECAST LOOKS OK AND WILL ONLY MAKE
SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR LATE EVENING FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION...GENERALLY MVFR CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL IFR IN HEAVIER
SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE
SOTO-HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-LEVY-
MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER.
HURRICANE WARNING FOR CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-MANATEE-
PASCO-PINELLAS.
INLAND HURRICANE WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR CITRUS-
HERNANDO-LEVY.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-
HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-
SARASOTA.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR
HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SUMTER.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SARASOTA.
GULF WATERS...HURRICANE WARNING FOR ENGLEWOOD TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT
TO 60 NM INCLUDING TAMPA BAY.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 4 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR BONITA BEACH TO
ENGLEWOOD OUT TO 60 NM.
&&
SHORT TERM/MARINE....PRC
LONG TERM/AVIATION...ARHazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 6:45 AM EDT, 18 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 645 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-121500- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 645 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PERIODS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE RECENT DRY CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW THE GROUND TO ABSORB A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. HOWEVER...BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN MAY PROVE TOO MUCH FOR AREA DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO HANDLE RESULTING IN FLOODING IN URBAN...RURAL AREAS AND NEARBY SMALL STREAMS. BRIEF THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TODAY AS THE RAIN BANDS FROM ALBERTO MOVE THROUGH. COASTAL AREAS COULD SEE SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS BY LATE THIS EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR INLAND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 BY TUESDAY MORNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO. TIDES WILL BE 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO IS FORECAST TO MAKE LANDFALL IN THE FLORIDA BIG BEND TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EXIT THE MAINLAND UNITED STATES JUST NORTH OF JACKSONVILLE TUESDAY NIGHT. TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY ACROSS THE NATURE COAST ALONG WITH PERIODS OF RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE HIGH TIDE ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH THE SURGE FROM ALBERTO COULD CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING FROM TAMPA BAY NORTH THROUGH CEDAR KEY. THE STORM SURGE TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE ALBERTO MAKES LANDFALL COULD REACH 5 TO 8 FEET ABOVE THE NORMAL TIDE ALONG THE LEVY...CITRUS AND HERNANDO COAST... AND POSSIBLY 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE UPPER PORTIONS OF TAMPA BAY. FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...MORE TYPICAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT. PRC
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:49 PM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 849 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ050-130130- PINELLAS- 849 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...RAIN SQUALLS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS...MOVING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...WILL AFFECT TREASURE ISLAND...SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH...GULFPORT AND SAINT PETERSBURG...UNTIL 930 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS... AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL...CORRECTED 853 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ050-130130- PINELLAS- 853 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...RAIN SQUALLS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS...MOVING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...WILL AFFECT TREASURE ISLAND...SAINT PETERSBURG BEACH...GULFPORT AND SAINT PETERSBURG...UNTIL 930 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS ACTIVITY. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 9:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 908 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ049>051-130200- PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-PASCO- 908 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTIES AND SOUTHERN PASCO COUNTY... A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN SQUALLS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH...WILL AFFECT TARPON SPRINGS...SAFETY HARBOR...PORT RICHEY...TAMPA...TEMPLE TERRACE...LUTZ...LAND O LAKES...JASMINE ESTATES...NEW PORT RICHEY...AND PALM HARBOR...UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SQUALLS. JCM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 45 min | |
| Jun 12, 9:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 10:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 18 min |
| Jun 12, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 21 min |
| Jun 12, 11:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 10 min |
| Jun 13, 11:10 AM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | 6 hr |
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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.