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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 5, 2009Highlands County, Florida

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.

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.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2009-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1062 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 12:00Z on 2009-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota66 min
Jun 5, 7:17 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW28 min
Jun 5, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW42 min
Jun 5, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Sumter50 min
Jun 5, 1:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Jun 5, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Polk65 min
Jun 5, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota48 min
Jun 5, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Jun 5, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Jun 5, 5:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHighlands44 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.