Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches in 2010
Tornado Watch 107
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 25, 2010, 11:28 PM EDT for 25 counties in Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2010, 11:28 PM EDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2010, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 25 counties
Brevard County, FL, Charlotte County, FL, Collier County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Glades County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hendry County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Martin County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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 SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 30%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 20%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 40%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 5%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 20%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 5%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 44 min |
| Apr 26, 12:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MLB | Indian River, Martin, Saint Lucie | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 4:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MFL | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Palm Beach | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 6:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry | 20 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 9:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough and 11 more | 60 min |
| Apr 25, 11:10 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brevard, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee and 14 more | 95 min |
| Apr 26, 2:42 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collier, Glades, Hendry, Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and 1 more | 63 min |
| Apr 26, 4:45 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collier, Hendry, Palm Beach | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 8:01 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe | 89 min |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.