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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 19, 2008Hernando County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 19, 2008, 5:34 PM EST for Hernando County, Florida. It was in force for 26 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: Jan 19, 2008, 5:34 PM EST (22:34 UTC)
Expired: Jan 19, 2008, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hernando County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jan 19, 5:45 PM EST	TORNADO	Weeki Wachee, FL	REPORT FROM PUBLIC OF TORNADO ON GROUND. DAMAGE UNKNOWN.

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
Jan 19, 3:29 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 94 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 192234
TORTBW
FLC053-192300-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0003.080119T2234Z-080119T2300Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 600 PM EST

* AT 534 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF SPRING HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WEEKI WACHEE BY 535 PM EST.
  BROOKSVILLE BY 550 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 2848 8268 2853 8268 2855 8266 2860 8266
      2866 8262 2865 8229 2844 8246 2844 8269
      2847 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 234DEG 49KT 2850 8261

$$

13

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KTBW 192249
SVSTBW

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

FLC053-192300-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080119T2300Z/
HERNANDO-
549 PM EST SAT JAN 19 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR WESTERN
HERNANDO COUNTY...

AT 549 PM EST...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO WAS REPORTED IN WEEKI 
WAUCHEE AT 545 PM.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE TORNADO WAS NOW
7 MILES NORTH OF SPRING HILL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  BROOKSVILLE BY 555 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 2848 8268 2853 8268 2855 8266 2860 8266
      2866 8262 2865 8229 2844 8246 2844 8269
      2847 8269
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 238DEG 49KT 2861 8241

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 19, 6:11 AM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	22 hr
Jan 19, 6:28 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk	3 hr
Jan 19, 1:17 PM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	29 hr
Jan 19, 2:56 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		64 min
Jan 19, 3:50 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	55 min
Jan 19, 3:53 PM EST	Coastal Flood Statement	TBW	Pinellas	5 hr
Jan 19, 4:00 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		60 min
Jan 19, 4:58 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		62 min
Jan 19, 5:11 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	34 min
Jan 19, 5:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	29 min
Jan 19, 5:16 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pasco	29 min
Jan 19, 5:24 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco	51 min
Jan 19, 5:38 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	18 min
Jan 19, 6:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hernando, Sumter	28 min
Jan 19, 6:03 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		57 min
Jan 19, 6:07 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	53 min
Jan 19, 6:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	42 min
Jan 19, 6:54 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		96 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.