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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 24, 2012Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 24, 5:00 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGNew Port Richey, FLTWO HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE AT STATE ROAD 54 AND MADISON STREET.
Jun 24, 5:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGHudson, FLROOF 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 24, 11:47 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 400 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW43 min
Jun 23, 9:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW49 min
Jun 23, 9:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte39 min
Jun 23, 9:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW41 min
Jun 23, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Jun 23, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW38 min
Jun 24, 12:26 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW64 min
Jun 24, 1:07 AM EDTCoastal Flood WarningTBWPinellas35 hr
Jun 24, 3:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW66 min
Jun 24, 4:47 AM EDTTropical Storm WarningTBWPinellas65 hr
Jun 24, 8:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee30 min
Jun 24, 8:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
Jun 24, 10:00 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee30 min
Jun 24, 10:09 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW66 min
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough6 days
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWManatee4 days
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWSarasota12 days
Jun 24, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWPasco6 days
Jun 24, 10:31 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Polk22 min
Jun 24, 11:22 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough, Pinellas38 min
Jun 24, 11:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Jun 24, 11:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas2 hr
Jun 24, 12:00 PM EDTTropical Storm WatchTBWPinellas24 hr
Jun 24, 12:19 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands41 min
Jun 24, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW91 min
Jun 24, 1:16 PM EDTFlood WatchTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter43 hr
Jun 24, 1:21 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota24 min
Jun 24, 1:22 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas27 min
Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWManatee, Sarasota43 min
Jun 24, 1:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas113 min
Jun 24, 1:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW93 min
Jun 24, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands48 min
Jun 24, 2:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWManatee88 min
Jun 24, 3:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningTBWPasco, Pinellas6 hr
Jun 24, 3:17 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco28 min
Jun 24, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands40 min
Jun 24, 3:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk44 min
Jun 24, 3:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas42 min
Jun 24, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPasco, Pinellas35 min
Jun 24, 3:57 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands63 min
Jun 24, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW95 min
Jun 24, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Pasco28 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryTBW63 hr
Jun 24, 4:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW45 min
Jun 24, 4:59 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPasco, Pinellas31 min
Jun 24, 5:05 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHighlands25 min
Jun 24, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas31 min
Jun 24, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW89 min
Jun 24, 6:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sumter6 hr
Jun 24, 7:08 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Polk37 min
Jun 24, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW87 min
Jun 24, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW52 min
Jun 24, 7:39 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee36 min
Jun 24, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk27 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.