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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

July 24, 2007Highlands County, Florida

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1399 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2007-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

69
000 
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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Jul 24, 6:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWLevy15 min
Jul 24, 7:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW56 min
Jul 24, 8:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW40 min
Jul 24, 9:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW56 min
Jul 24, 11:01 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW59 min
Jul 24, 3:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee25 min
Jul 24, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk27 min
Jul 24, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW34 min
Jul 24, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee33 min

Nearby

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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.