Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 1, 2008, 11:44 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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
- Aug 1, 2008, 11:44 AM EDT (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 2148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTBW 011544
TORTBW
FLC103-011600-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0013.080801T1544Z-080801T1600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1144 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL NOON EDT
* AT 1142 AM EDT...PINELLAS COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A
WATERSPOUT 1 MILE WEST OF INDIAN ROCKS BEACH...MOVING EAST TOWARD
SHORE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
INDIAN ROCKS BEACH BY 1145 AM EDT.
BELLEAIR BY 1150 AM EDT.
A WATERSPOUT IS MOVING TOWARD SHORE. 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 2797 8284 2799 8284 2802 8272 2779 8269
2779 8282 2782 8285 2793 8286 2794 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 267DEG 18KT 2788 8285
$$
171 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KTBW 011557
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1157 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008
FLC103-011606-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080801T1600Z/
PINELLAS-
1156 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PINELLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
NOON EDT...
AT 1156 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE
WATERSPOUT HAS DISSIPATED...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
&&
LAT...LON 2797 8284 2799 8284 2802 8272 2779 8269
2779 8282 2782 8285 2793 8286 2794 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 267DEG 18KT 2788 8277
$$
17The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 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.