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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2012, 3:25 AM EDT for DeSoto County, Hardee County, Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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 28, 2012, 3:25 AM EDT (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 1034 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1242 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
834 WFUS52 KTBW 280725 TORTBW FLC027-049-081-280800- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0002.120528T0725Z-120528T0800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 325 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA. EASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 400 AM EDT * AT 324 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR MYAKKA CITY...OR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYAKKA CITY. MYAKKA HEAD. 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. && LAT...LON 2751 8196 2725 8197 2733 8220 2746 8219 TIME...MOT...LOC 0725Z 275DEG 15KT 2738 8212 $$ 14-MROCZKA
2 follow-up statements
321 WWUS52 KTBW 280744 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 344 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 FLC027-049-081-280800- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120528T0800Z/ DESOTO FL-HARDEE FL-MANATEE FL- 344 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR EASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHWESTERN HARDEE AND NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTIES... AT 341 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO NEAR MYAKKA CITY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYAKKA CITY. PINE LEVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2745 8197 2725 8197 2734 8217 2743 8215 TIME...MOT...LOC 0742Z 290DEG 11KT 2737 8208 $$ 14-MROCZKA
927 WWUS52 KTBW 280757 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 357 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 FLC027-049-081-280805- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120528T0800Z/ DESOTO FL-HARDEE FL-MANATEE FL- 357 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHWESTERN HARDEE AND NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 400 AM EDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE STRONG ROTATION WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED...HOWEVER THE STORM CONTINUES TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. LAT...LON 2745 8197 2725 8197 2734 8217 2743 8215 TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 290DEG 11KT 2735 8204 $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 42 min |
| May 28, 9:45 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Sumter | 24 hr |
| May 28, 10:22 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 30 hr | |
| May 28, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 52 min |
| May 28, 4:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 46 min |
| May 28, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando | 38 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.