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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 1:22 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Pasco County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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 24, 2012, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 1:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
193
WFUS52 KTBW 241722
TORTBW
FLC057-101-103-241800-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0013.120624T1722Z-120624T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
122 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
WESTERN PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 200 PM EDT
* AT 122 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR SAFETY HARBOR...OR NEAR CLEARWATER...MOVING NORTH AT
35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SAFETY HARBOR...DUNEDIN.
OLDSMAR...WESTCHASE.
TARPON SPRINGS...LAKE FERN.
TRINITY...ODESSA.
NEW PORT RICHEY.
MOON LAKE ESTATES...JASMINE ESTATES.
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 2822 8285 2819 8283 2822 8278 2842 8271
2843 8248 2796 8260 2796 8266 2798 8262
2800 8265 2794 8272 2794 8284 2808 8285
2806 8279 2813 8279 2818 8282 2817 8286
2821 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1722Z 189DEG 31KT 2800 8270
$$2 follow-up statements
039
WWUS52 KTBW 241735 RRA
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
135 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
FLC057-241745-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120624T1800Z/
HILLSBOROUGH FL-
135 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2822 8285 2819 8283 2822 8278 2836 8272
2836 8264 2804 8267 2805 8274 2813 8279
2818 8282 2817 8286 2821 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 184DEG 27KT 2810 8269
$$
FLC101-103-241800-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120624T1800Z/
PINELLAS FL-PASCO FL-
135 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PASCO AND NORTHERN PINELLAS COUNTIES...
AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. LOCATED NEAR OLDSMAR...OR NEAR PALM HARBOR...
MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
OLDSMAR.
TARPON SPRINGS.
TRINITY.
NEW PORT RICHEY.
JASMINE ESTATES.
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 2822 8285 2819 8283 2822 8278 2836 8272
2836 8264 2804 8267 2805 8274 2813 8279
2818 8282 2817 8286 2821 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 184DEG 27KT 2810 8269
$$512
WWUS52 KTBW 241749
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
149 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
FLC101-103-241759-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120624T1800Z/
PINELLAS FL-PASCO FL-
149 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PASCO AND NORTHERN PINELLAS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2822 8285 2819 8283 2822 8278 2836 8272
2836 8264 2804 8267 2805 8274 2813 8279
2818 8282 2817 8286 2821 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 184DEG 27KT 2821 8268
$$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, 12:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 41 min |
| 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, 1:32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.