Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2006, 10:11 AM EDT for Hardee County, Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 12, 2006, 10:11 AM EDT (14:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2006, 10:41 AM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hardee County, FL, Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 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.
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, 9:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 121411 TORTBW FLC049-081-121445- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0006.060612T1411Z-060612T1445Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1011 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. EASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 1045 AM EDT * AT 1011 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER SOUTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... LILY. MYAKKA HEAD BY 1015 AM EDT. DUETTE BY 1035 AM EDT. 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. && LAT...LON 2732 8213 2734 8193 2763 8194 2760 8214 $$ 57
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KTBW 121423 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1023 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLC049-081-121445- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060612T1445Z/ MANATEE-HARDEE- 1023 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN HARDEE AND EASTERN MANATEE COUNTIES UNTIL 1045 AM EDT... AT 1023 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 14 MILES WEST OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. && LAT...LON 2732 8213 2734 8193 2763 8194 2760 8214 $$ 57
000 WWUS52 KTBW 121441 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1041 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLC049-081-121451- /O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-060612T1445Z/ MANATEE-HARDEE- 1041 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HARDEE AND EASTERN MANATEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 1041 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM. && LAT...LON 2732 8213 2734 8193 2763 8194 2760 8214 $$ 57
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, 10:11 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 10:11 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1011 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
.UPDATE...TOR WATCH IN EFFECT AS BAND OF CONVECTION ROLL OVER THE
FL PENINSULA. TS ALBERTO CONTINUES TO LOOK IMPRESSIVE OVER THE
LAST FEW HOURS. WILL UPDATE FORECAST WITH TOR WATCH BOX.WILLL
UPDATE AGAIN SHORTLY FOR ANY NEW INFO FROM NHC.
&&
.MARINE...COASTAL C-MANS REPORTING 15 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO NR
30 KTS THIS MORNING WHERE WELL OFFSHORE BUOYS REPORTING 30-40 KTS
SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS MID 30-MID 40 KT RANGE WHILE SEA HEIGHTS WELL
OFFSHORE ARE 10-14FT. WILL UPDATE FORECASTS WITH LATEST
WATCH/WARNING INFO AFTER CONFERENCE CALL.
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR CITRUS-
HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SUMTER.
FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-DE SOTO-
HARDEE-HERNANDO-HIGHLANDS-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-LEVY-MANATEE-
PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SARASOTA-SUMTER.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR CHARLOTTE-CITRUS-
HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEE-LEVY-MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-
SARASOTA.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR CITRUS-HERNANDO-HILLSBOROUGH-LEVY-
MANATEE-PASCO-PINELLAS-SARASOTA.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-LEE.
GULF WATERS...TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-
ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-TAMPA BAY
WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-TARPON
SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM.
&&
RDHazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 6:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 26 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, 7:18 AM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 718 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ051-052-055-056-060-121200- MANATEE-HARDEE-POLK-SARASOTA-HILLSBOROUGH- 718 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 AN AREA OF STRONG SHOWERS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH...WILL AFFECT MANATEE...SARASOTA...SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHER POLK...AND HARDEE COUNTIES...UNTIL 800 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. RD
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 8:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 832 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ055-121245- MANATEE- 832 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN MANATEE COUNTY... AT 832 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS...22 MILES EAST OF PALMETTO...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY AFFECT... MYAKKA CITY. DUETTE. FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THOUGH A TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED...THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE MORE FUNNEL CLOUDS...AND A TORNADO. STAY TUNED FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && LAT...LON 2741 8229 2729 8211 2764 8212 2763 8230 25
Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
835 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0650 AM TORNADO 3 NE WAUCHULA 27.58N 81.78W
06/12/2006 HARDEE FL EMERGENCY MNGR
COUNTY ROAD CREW OBSERVED THE TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 62.
0809 AM TORNADO 1 E BARTOW 27.90N 81.83W
06/12/2006 POLK FL EMERGENCY MNGR
TORNADO OBSERVED 1 MILE EAST OF THE BARTOW AIRPORT.
&&
COLSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 12, 9:37 AM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
937 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
FLZ051-052-055-056-060-061-121415-
MANATEE-DE SOTO-HARDEE-POLK-SARASOTA-HILLSBOROUGH-
937 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN EASTERN MANATEE...WESTERN DESOTO...
WESTERN HARDEE...WESTERN POLK...EASTERN SARASOTA AND EASTERN
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTIES...
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OVER
WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...GENERALLY EAST OF I-75 THIS MORNING. THESE
SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS.
FUNNEL CLOUDS CAN BECOME BRIEF...SMALL...BUT DANGEROUS TORNADOES.
MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 2704 8224 2704 8195 2816 8185 2814 8229
2741 8235
09The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jun 11, 11:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Jun 12, 4:39 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jun 12, 5:30 AM EDT | Inland Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 30 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Jun 12, 6:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 6:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 29 min |
| Jun 12, 6:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Jun 12, 7:45 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 8:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 13 min |
| Jun 12, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 9:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 9:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Manatee | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 10:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 10:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 12:07 PM EDT | Inland Hurricane Warning | TBW | 23 hr | |
| Jun 12, 2:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 2:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 18 min |
| Jun 12, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 14 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.