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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 24, 2012Highlands County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 12:19 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 41 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: Jun 24, 2012, 12:19 PM EDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2012, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Highlands County, FL

The radar

The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 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
Jun 24, 12:27 PM EDT	TORNADO	Venus, FL	POWER LINES DOWN. MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES. WINNEBAGO TIPPED OVER.

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
Jun 24, 11:47 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 400 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 926 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

826 
WFUS52 KTBW 241619
TORTBW
FLC055-241700-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0011.120624T1619Z-120624T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1219 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 100 PM EDT

* AT 1219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR ARCHBOLD...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING
  NORTH AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARCHBOLD...VENUS.
  LAKE PLACID.
  LAKE ISTOKPOGA.
  SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT.
  AVON PARK AIR FORCE RANGE.

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 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2732 8110 2711 8120 2711 8126 2703 8127
      2703 8144 2706 8145 2765 8133 2764 8114
      2760 8114 2753 8120 2749 8120 2744 8113
      2742 8113 2739 8111 2738 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1619Z 193DEG 30KT 2716 8131

$$

3 follow-up statements

136 
WWUS52 KTBW 241630
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1230 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC055-241700-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120624T1700Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
1230 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
HIGHLANDS COUNTY...

AT 1230 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.   LOCATED NEAR VENUS...OR 10 MILES NORTH OF
PALMDALE...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  VENUS.
  ARCHBOLD.
  PLACID LAKES.
  LAKE PLACID.
  LAKE ISTOKPOGA.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2732 8110 2711 8120 2711 8126 2703 8127
      2703 8144 2706 8145 2765 8133 2764 8114
      2760 8114 2753 8120 2749 8120 2744 8113
      2742 8113 2739 8111 2738 8107
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 193DEG 30KT 2710 8134

$$

396 
WWUS52 KTBW 241645
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1245 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC055-241700-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120624T1700Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
1245 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS COUNTY...

AT 1245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.   LOCATED NEAR ARCHBOLD...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ARCHBOLD.
  LAKE PLACID.
  LAKE ISTOKPOGA.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.

&&

LAT...LON 2739 8111 2713 8131 2713 8140 2765 8133
      2764 8114 2760 8114 2753 8120 2749 8120
      2744 8113 2742 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1645Z 193DEG 30KT 2721 8134

$$

679 
WWUS52 KTBW 241653
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1253 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

FLC055-241703-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120624T1700Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
1253 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE NON-SEVERE WEATHER OVER...
  LAKE PLACID.
  LAKE ISTOKPOGA.

THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO HAS NOW WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2739 8111 2713 8131 2713 8140 2765 8133
      2764 8114 2760 8114 2753 8120 2749 8120
      2744 8113 2742 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1653Z 193DEG 30KT 2728 8132

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 8:32 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		43 min
Jun 23, 9:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		49 min
Jun 23, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	39 min
Jun 23, 9:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		41 min
Jun 23, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		62 min
Jun 23, 11:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		38 min
Jun 24, 12:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		64 min
Jun 24, 1:07 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	TBW	Pinellas	35 hr
Jun 24, 3:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		66 min
Jun 24, 4:47 AM EDT	Tropical Storm Warning	TBW	Pinellas	65 hr
Jun 24, 8:30 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Charlotte, Lee	30 min
Jun 24, 8:33 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		57 min
Jun 24, 10:00 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee	30 min
Jun 24, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		66 min
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	6 days
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Manatee	4 days
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Sarasota	12 days
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Pasco	6 days
Jun 24, 10:31 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hardee, Polk	22 min
Jun 24, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	38 min
Jun 24, 11:25 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		65 min
Jun 24, 11:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	2 hr
Jun 24, 12:00 PM EDT	Tropical Storm Watch	TBW	Pinellas	24 hr
Jun 24, 12:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		91 min
Jun 24, 1:16 PM EDT	Flood Watch	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	43 hr
Jun 24, 1:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	24 min
Jun 24, 1:22 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	27 min
Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	43 min
Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	113 min
Jun 24, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		93 min
Jun 24, 2:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Highlands	48 min
Jun 24, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Manatee	88 min
Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	6 hr
Jun 24, 3:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco	28 min
Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Highlands	40 min
Jun 24, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	44 min
Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	42 min
Jun 24, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	35 min
Jun 24, 3:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Highlands	63 min
Jun 24, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		95 min
Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco	28 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	TBW		63 hr
Jun 24, 4:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hernando, Pasco	34 min
Jun 24, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		45 min
Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pasco, Pinellas	31 min
Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Highlands	25 min
Jun 24, 5:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	31 min
Jun 24, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		89 min
Jun 24, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sumter	6 hr
Jun 24, 7:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hardee, Polk	37 min
Jun 24, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		87 min
Jun 24, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		52 min
Jun 24, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	36 min
Jun 24, 7:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	27 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.