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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 2, 2007, 3:02 AM EST for Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 18 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 2, 2007, 3:02 AM EST (08:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2007, 3:20 AM EST
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:10 AM EST | TORNADO | 6 Ne Wildwood, FL | LIKELY TORNADO. SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY. AREA GENERALLY BETWEEN OXFORD AND THE VILLAGES CONTINUING INTO LAKE COUNTY. AN NWS SURVEY TEAM WILL BE ENROUTE BY MID MORNING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KTBW 020803 TORTBW FLC119-020815- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0003.070202T0802Z-070202T0820Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 302 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 320 AM EST * AT 302 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY BY 305 AM EST. 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. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. LEAVE VEHICLES AND GET INTO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. 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 2896 8227 2883 8219 2888 8195 2895 8195 $$ 24
2 follow-up statements
000 WFUS52 KTBW 020809 CCA TORTBW FLC119-020820- /O.COR.KTBW.TO.W.0003.070202T0802Z-070202T0820Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 302 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 320 AM EST * AT 302 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER NORTHWESTERN SUMTER COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... RURAL NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY BY 305 AM EST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM MOVE INTO THE INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING...AWAY FROM WINDOWS. COVER YOUR HEAD AND BODY WITH PILLOWS OR BLANKETS. TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT. TAKE COVER NOW MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES. LEAVE VEHICLES AND GET INTO A DITCH OR LOW SPOT. PLEASE REPORT TORNADOES OR FUNNEL CLOUDS...WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER...HAIL THE SIZE OF PENNIES OF LARGER...AND ANY WIND DAMAGE TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN BY CALLING 813-645-2323. && LAT...LON 2896 8227 2883 8219 2888 8195 2895 8195 $$ 24
000 WWUS52 KTBW 020821 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 320 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 FLC119-020830- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070202T0820Z/ SUMTER- 320 AM EST FRI FEB 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN SUMTER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 320 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING...HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM. && LAT...LON 2896 8227 2883 8219 2888 8195 2895 8195 $$ 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 8:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Feb 1, 11:19 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 26 min |
| Feb 2, 1:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Feb 2, 1:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 min | |
| Feb 2, 2:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 46 min |
| Feb 2, 2:59 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | TBW | 4 hr | |
| Feb 2, 6:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 29 min | |
| Feb 2, 7:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.