Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 7:48 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 27 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, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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, 8:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Winter Haven, FL | SEMI OVERTURNED IN DITCH WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED IN THE GROVE PARK AREA JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF CYPRESS GARDEN ROAD AND REGISTER ROAD. TIME BASED ON RADAR. REPORT WAS CORRECTED FOR TIME. |
| Jun 24, 8:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Se Winter Haven, FL | SEMI OVERTURNED IN DITCH WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED IN THE GROVE PARK AREA JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF CYPRESS GARDEN ROAD AND REGISTER ROAD. |
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 |
| Jun 24, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
693
WFUS52 KTBW 242348
TORTBW
FLC105-250015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0027.120624T2348Z-120625T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
748 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT
* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MEADE...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FORT MEADE...HOMELAND.
ALTURAS.
LAKE WALES MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...BARTOW.
BARTOW MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...LAKE WALES.
WAHNETA.
CYPRESS GARDENS...WINTER HAVEN.
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. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM
EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2771 8160 2770 8179 2830 8202 2831 8165
2827 8165 2826 8156 2825 8154 2820 8152
2815 8152 2815 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 183DEG 32KT 2778 8170
$$1 follow-up statement
477
WWUS52 KTBW 250010
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
810 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
FLC105-250020-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120625T0015Z/
POLK FL-
810 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL POLK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 815 PM
EDT...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
WESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2771 8160 2770 8179 2830 8202 2831 8165
2827 8165 2826 8156 2825 8154 2820 8152
2815 8152 2815 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 183DEG 32KT 2798 8169
$$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, 4:41 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 |
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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.