Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2009, 5:13 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 17 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
- Jun 5, 2009, 5:13 PM EDT (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2009, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 1062 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1048 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KTBW 052113
TORTBW
FLC055-052130-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0009.090605T2113Z-090605T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
513 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 513 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF CORNWELL...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAKE
PLACID...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CORNWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE CALL
813-645-2323.
&&
LAT...LON 2722 8132 2739 8140 2748 8118 2745 8114
2742 8114 2740 8112 2739 8106 2736 8103
2732 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 248DEG 25KT 2734 8126
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KTBW 052119
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
519 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009
FLC055-052130-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090605T2130Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
519 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS COUNTY...
AT 519 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF CORNWELL...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CORNWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 2722 8132 2739 8140 2748 8118 2745 8114
2742 8114 2740 8112 2739 8106 2736 8103
2732 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 248DEG 25KT 2735 8123
$$000
WWUS52 KTBW 052130
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
530 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009
FLC055-052139-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-090605T2130Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
530 PM EDT FRI JUN 5 2009
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
530 PM EDT...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE TORNADO HAS
LIFTED...HOWEVER THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TORNADO WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
LAT...LON 2722 8132 2739 8140 2748 8118 2745 8114
2742 8114 2740 8112 2739 8106 2736 8103
2732 8103
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 246DEG 17KT 2737 8116
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 7:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 28 min | |
| Jun 5, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Jun 5, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Jun 5, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 65 min |
| Jun 5, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 3:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 44 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.