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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 2007, 3:38 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 37 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
- Jul 24, 2007, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1399 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 802 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 241938 TORTBW FLC055-242015- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0013.070724T1938Z-070724T2015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 338 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 415 PM EDT * AT 338 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ARCHBOLD BY 350 PM EDT. LAKE PLACID BY 405 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. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OR LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN BY CALLING 813-645-2323. && LAT...LON 2742 8131 2726 8113 2711 8142 2717 8148 TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 225DEG 15KT 2717 8141 $$ 69
2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KTBW 242001
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
401 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
FLC055-242015-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070724T2015Z/
HIGHLANDS-
401 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY...
AT 401 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PLACID LAKES BY 400 PM EDT.
LAKE PLACID BY 410 PM EDT.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM ACT QUICKLY. GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER
YOUR HEAD WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS.
PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR
HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OF LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO
YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN BY CALLING 813-645-2323.
&&
LAT...LON 2715 8140 2720 8146 2730 8140 2731 8138
2734 8137 2735 8135 2738 8134 2739 8133
2728 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 220DEG 13KT 2723 8138
$$
69000
WWUS52 KTBW 242015
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
415 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
FLC055-242025-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070724T2015Z/
HIGHLANDS-
415 PM EDT TUE JUL 24 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO
HAD DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORM.
&&
LAT...LON 2715 8140 2720 8146 2730 8140 2731 8138
2734 8137 2735 8135 2738 8134 2739 8133
2728 8118
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 220DEG 13KT 2723 8138
$$
69The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 6:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Jul 24, 6:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Levy | 15 min |
| Jul 24, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 40 min | |
| Jul 24, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Jul 24, 11:01 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Jul 24, 3:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 7:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 7:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Jul 24, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 33 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.