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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 4:41 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 34 min. 2 reports 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, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | New Port Richey, FL | TWO HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AT STATE ROAD 54 AND MADISON STREET. |
| Jun 24, 5:08 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Hudson, FL | ROOF DAMAGE. TREES DOWN. POOL CAGES DOWN |
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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
680
WFUS52 KTBW 242041
TORTBW
FLC053-101-242115-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0021.120624T2041Z-120624T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
441 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
WESTERN PASCO COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR MOON LAKE ESTATES...OR NEAR NEW PORT RICHEY...MOVING
NORTH AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JASMINE ESTATES...NEW PORT RICHEY.
MOON LAKE ESTATES...BAYONET POINT.
SHADY HILLS...ARIPEKA.
SPRING HILL...HERNANDO BEACH.
WEEKI WACHEE.
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 2843 8270 2844 8268 2846 8269 2848 8268
2851 8269 2853 8268 2854 8266 2851 8245
2822 8259 2824 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 194DEG 34KT 2829 8263
$$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, 1:22 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, 4:45 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.