Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2006, 7:23 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 22 min. 3 reports 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
- Sep 15, 2006, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 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), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Frostproof, FL | 2 LARGE TREES UPROOTED |
| Sep 15, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO 1 | 2 Se Frostproof, FL | TORNADO ON THE GROUND. DOWNED POWERLINES. PENNY SIZE HAIL MEASURED. |
| Sep 15, 7:31 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Se Frostproof, FL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 538 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 901 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 152324 TORTBW FLC105-152345- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0021.060915T2323Z-060915T2345Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 724 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 724 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. AT 724 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THIS TORNADO SOUTHEAST OF FROSTPROOF MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST. 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. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OF LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN BY CALLING 813 645 2323. && LAT...LON 2776 8142 2775 8162 2766 8161 2766 8141 $$ 57
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 152346 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 746 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 FLC105-152353- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060915T2345Z/ POLK- 746 PM EDT FRI SEP 15 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 746 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SKYWARN WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED TREES UPROOTED ALONG WITH PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM DURING THE PAST HALF HOUR ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OF LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN BY CALLING 813 645 2323. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION. && LAT...LON 2776 8142 2775 8162 2766 8161 2766 8141 $$ 57
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 37 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.