Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at May 16, 2012, 8:24 PM EDT for Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- May 16, 2012, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2012, 8:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 2239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
751
WFUS52 KTBW 170024
TORTBW
FLC081-170100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0001.120517T0024Z-120517T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
824 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 823 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 9 MILES WEST OF PARRISH...OR NEAR PALMETTO...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PARRISH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 2765 8252 2765 8230 2764 8228 2751 8257
2757 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 244DEG 9KT 2755 8256
$$2 follow-up statements
869
WWUS52 KTBW 170040
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
840 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
FLC081-170100-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120517T0100Z/
MANATEE FL-
840 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MANATEE COUNTY...
AT 839 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. LOCATED 3 MILES WEST OF PARRISH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
PARRISH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2765 8252 2765 8230 2764 8228 2751 8257
2757 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0039Z 245DEG 15KT 2757 8251
$$863
WWUS52 KTBW 170049
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
849 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
FLC081-170057-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120517T0100Z/
MANATEE FL-
849 PM EDT WED MAY 16 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AND THE
TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN MANATEE AND
SOUTHERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM.
LAT...LON 2765 8252 2765 8230 2764 8228 2751 8257
2757 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 245DEG 15KT 2758 8248
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 8:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 66 min |
| May 16, 9:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 56 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.