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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 2, 2007Sumter County, Florida

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.

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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 2, 3:10 AM ESTTORNADO6 Ne Wildwood, FLLIKELY 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 2, 12:52 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2007-02-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 424 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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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

$$

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 1, 8:41 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW64 min
Feb 1, 11:19 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCitrus26 min
Feb 2, 1:04 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW56 min
Feb 2, 1:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW32 min
Feb 2, 2:14 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWCitrus46 min
Feb 2, 2:59 AM ESTCoastal Flood WarningTBW4 hr
Feb 2, 6:16 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW29 min
Feb 2, 7:56 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWPolk19 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.