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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 19, 2008Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 2008, 5:16 PM EST for Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. 5 reports 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
Jan 19, 2008, 5:16 PM EST (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2008, 5:45 PM EST
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Pasco County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jan 19, 5:25 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 60Port Richey, FLTREES DOWN AT REGENCY PARK. WIND MEASURED BY HOME WEATHER STATION.
Jan 19, 5:26 PM ESTTORNADONew Port Richey, FLTORNADO MOVED THROUGH QUICKLY...MINOR DAMAGE TO AREA TREES...DEBRIS BLOWING ALL THROUGHOUT THE AREA.
Jan 19, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 0Port Richey, FL61 MPH WIND WITH GUST TO 73 MPH
Jan 19, 5:35 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 73Port Richey, FL61 MPH WIND WITH GUST TO 73 MPH
Jan 19, 5:36 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPort Richey, FLDAMAGE ALONG U.S. 19 FROM RIDGE ROAD TO MAIN. TREES DOWN, SIGNS DOWN, TREES DOWN. POWER OUT.

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
Jan 19, 3:29 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 2008-01-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 13 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2008-01-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
13 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS52 KTBW 192216 RRA
TORTBW
FLC101-192245-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0002.080119T2216Z-080119T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
516 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 545 PM EST

* AT 516 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF NEW PORT RICHEY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
  MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  HOLIDAY BY 515 PM EST.
  PORT RICHEY BY 520 PM EST.
  HUDSON BY 525 PM EST.
  MOON LAKE ESTATES BY 530 PM 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.

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 2822 8278 2825 8276 2828 8276 2836 8272
      2839 8272 2843 8269 2843 8238 2818 8261
      2818 8280 2820 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 237DEG 46KT 2827 8278

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 192229
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
529 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

FLC101-192245-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080119T2245Z/
PASCO-
529 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR WESTERN
PASCO COUNTY...

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ODESSA BY 530 PM EST.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 2822 8278 2825 8276 2828 8276 2836 8272
      2839 8272 2843 8269 2843 8238 2818 8261
      2818 8280 2820 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 246DEG 43KT 2824 8260

$$

13
000 
WWUS52 KTBW 192246
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
546 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

FLC101-192256-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080119T2245Z/
PASCO-
546 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN PASCO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS WERE STILL 
POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS.

&&

LAT...LON 2822 8278 2825 8276 2828 8276 2836 8272
      2839 8272 2843 8269 2843 8238 2818 8261
      2818 8280 2820 8281
TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 246DEG 43KT 4775 4651

$$

13

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 19, 6:11 AM ESTFire Weather WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter22 hr
Jan 19, 6:28 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk3 hr
Jan 19, 1:17 PM ESTRed Flag WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter29 hr
Jan 19, 2:56 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW64 min
Jan 19, 3:50 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWLevy55 min
Jan 19, 3:53 PM ESTCoastal Flood StatementTBWPinellas5 hr
Jan 19, 4:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Jan 19, 4:58 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Jan 19, 5:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPasco, Pinellas34 min
Jan 19, 5:16 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas29 min
Jan 19, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco51 min
Jan 19, 5:34 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHernando26 min
Jan 19, 5:38 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWPinellas18 min
Jan 19, 6:02 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHernando, Sumter28 min
Jan 19, 6:03 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Jan 19, 6:07 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee53 min
Jan 19, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Polk42 min
Jan 19, 6:54 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW96 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.