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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 12, 2006, 2:55 PM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 20 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, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hardee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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, 9:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 121854 TORTBW FLC049-121915- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0008.060612T1855Z-060612T1915Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 255 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 255 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 14 MILES SOUTH OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... ZOLFO SPRINGS BY 305 PM EDT. ONA BY 310 PM EDT. WAUCHULA BY 315 PM 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. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...MOVE INTO A STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT... SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR LOW SPOT...AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2735 8196 2735 8175 2760 8177 2761 8201 $$ 57
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KTBW 121905 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 305 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLC049-121915- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-060612T1915Z/ HARDEE- 305 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL HARDEE COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 305 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL AFFECT... WAUCHULA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. && LAT...LON 2735 8196 2735 8175 2760 8177 2761 8201 $$ 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, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 12:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1209 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006
...HURRICANE WARNINGS ISSUED FOR WEST COAST...
HAVE UPDATED PRODUCTS FOR HURRICANE WARNINGS AND UPDATED TS
ALBERTO TRACK AND FORECASTS. FULL FORECAST DISCUSSION LATER.
&&
.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-PASCO-PINELLAS-POLK-SUMTER.
INLAND TROPICAL STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR
MANATEE.
TROPICAL STORM WATCH FOR CHARLOTTE-DE SOTO-LEE.
TROPICAL STORM WARNING FOR SARASOTA.
GULF WATERS...HURRICANE 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, 8 hours 10 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, 10:56 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1056 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ052-056-057-121545- HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-POLK- 1056 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN HIGHLANDS...NORTHERN HARDEE AND SOUTHERN POLK COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT AVON PARK... FROSTPROOF...LAKE WALES AND WAHNETA...UNTIL 1145 AM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:41 AM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1141 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ052-121630- POLK- 1141 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AND EASTERN POLK COUNTY... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT LAKE WALES...WAHNETA...WINTER HAVEN AND CYPRESS GARDENS...UNTIL 1230 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 11:52 AM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1152 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ055-060-121630- MANATEE-SARASOTA- 1152 AM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN SARASOTA AND CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES... THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK AND PARRISH...UNTIL 1230 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH MAY CAUSE LOOSE OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND. MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND WIRES IS POSSIBLE. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 12:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 1241 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ055-060>062-065-121730- MANATEE-CHARLOTTE-LEE-DE SOTO-SARASOTA- 1241 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...SQUALLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LEE... CHARLOTTE...MANATEE...SARASOTA...AND DESOTO COUNTIES... SQUALLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT WHISKEY CREEK...VENICE GARDENS... VENICE...VAMO...FORT MYERS...BONITA SPRINGS...AND SARASOTA...UNTIL 130 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 1:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 121 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ050-121800- PINELLAS- 121 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 ...BANDS OF SQUALLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PINELLAS COUNTTY... BANDS OF SQUALLY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH...WILL AFFECT SEMINOLE...PINELLAS PARK...LARGO AND INDIAN ROCKS BEACH...UNTIL 200 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE FAST MOVING SQUALLS. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...CROUCH DOWN IN A LOW SPOT...AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. JCM
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 2:21 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 221 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 FLZ052-057-121900- HIGHLANDS-POLK- 221 PM EDT MON JUN 12 2006 THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH...WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR LAKE PLACID AND LORIDA INITIALLY...THEN MOVE TO NEAR SEBRING...AVON PARK... AND FROSTPROOF...UNTIL 300 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS UP TO 30 MPH AND OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING WILL OCCUR. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
The 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, 10:11 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Manatee | 30 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, 2:57 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.