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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 25, 2011, 7:33 PM EST for DeSoto County, Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 57 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 25, 2011, 7:33 PM EST (00:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2011, 8:30 PM EST
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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 25, 8:09 PM EST | TORNADO | 1 W Spring Lake, FL | PUBLIC REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN RELAYED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE IN RURAL AREA NEAR U.S. HWY 98 AND AIRPORT RD. SEVERAL TREES AND NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN AS WELL AS FENCING DOWN REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOTS IN NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF SPRING LAKE SUBDIVISION. |
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 25, 2:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
313
WFUS52 KTBW 260033
TORTBW
FLC027-055-260130-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0014.110126T0033Z-110126T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
733 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 830 PM EST
* AT 728 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL TORNADOS ALONG A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
SEBRING TO WEST OF LAKE PLACID TO EASTERN DE SOTO COUNTY...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE PLACID.
LAKE JOSEPHINE.
SEBRING.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8116 2713 8117 2711 8126 2704 8127
2704 8187 2734 8160 2734 8156 2739 8156
2764 8134 2764 8113 2758 8115 2754 8120
2749 8120 2740 8112 2739 8106 2736 8103
2734 8104 2729 8099 2721 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 238DEG 43KT 2736 8146
$$2 follow-up statements
816
WWUS52 KTBW 260042
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
742 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
FLC027-055-260130-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110126T0130Z/
DESOTO FL-HIGHLANDS FL-
742 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR HIGHLANDS
AND SOUTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTIES...
AT 737 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. LOCATED NEAR PLACID LAKES...OR NEAR LAKE
PLACID...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PLACID LAKES.
LAKE PLACID.
SPRING LAKE.
LORIDA.
BRIGHTON.
CORNWELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF
YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SERIOUS
INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8116 2713 8117 2711 8126 2704 8127
2704 8173 2734 8154 2764 8134 2764 8113
2758 8115 2754 8120 2749 8120 2740 8112
2739 8106 2736 8103 2734 8104 2729 8099
2721 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 269DEG 32KT 2729 8139
$$320
WWUS52 KTBW 260106
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
806 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
FLC027-260116-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110126T0130Z/
DESOTO FL-
806 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2721 8116 2713 8117 2711 8126 2704 8127
2704 8146 2733 8134 2750 8126 2749 8120
2740 8112 2739 8106 2736 8103 2734 8104
2729 8099 2721 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 269DEG 32KT 2729 8115
$$
FLC055-260130-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110126T0130Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
806 PM EST TUE JAN 25 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY...
AT 801 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRIGHTON...OR 10
MILES EAST OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LORIDA.
BRIGHTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL AND WIDESPREAD DAMAGING WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2721 8116 2713 8117 2711 8126 2704 8127
2704 8146 2733 8134 2750 8126 2749 8120
2740 8112 2739 8106 2736 8103 2734 8104
2729 8099 2721 8096
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 269DEG 32KT 2729 8115
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 90 min | |
| Jan 25, 7:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Jan 25, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee | 27 min |
| Jan 25, 7:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 45 min |
| Jan 25, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 43 min |
| Jan 26, 3:29 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 13 hr |
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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.