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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2012, 8:05 PM EDT for DeSoto County, Hardee County, Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 40 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, 8:05 PM EDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2012, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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
- 2192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.4
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
661 WFUS52 KTBW 250005 TORTBW FLC027-049-105-250045- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0028.120625T0005Z-120625T0045Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 805 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA. NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 845 PM EDT * AT 803 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR LIMESTONE...OR 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... LIMESTONE. ONA. FORT GREEN...WAUCHULA. FORT MEADE. HOMELAND. 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 500 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 2783 8203 2782 8169 2720 8195 2721 8204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 194DEG 41KT 2738 8197 $$
1 follow-up statement
031 WWUS52 KTBW 250016 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 816 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 FLC027-049-105-250045- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120625T0045Z/ DESOTO FL-HARDEE FL-POLK FL- 816 PM EDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN POLK...WESTERN HARDEE AND NORTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTIES... AT 814 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. LOCATED NEAR ONA...OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ONA. FORT GREEN. BOWLING GREEN. FORT MEADE. HOMELAND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR WESTERN FLORIDA. && LAT...LON 2783 8203 2782 8169 2720 8195 2721 8204 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 194DEG 41KT 2748 8194 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Jun 24, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 8:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 9:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 32 min |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 4 days |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Polk | 13 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pasco and 1 more | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 10:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 1:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 1:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 118 min | |
| Jun 25, 2:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 6 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 5 min |
| Jun 25, 3:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 25 min |
| Jun 25, 4:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 7:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 43 min |
| Jun 25, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 45 min |
| Jun 25, 8:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 80 min |
| Jun 25, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 9:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 42 min |
| Jun 25, 10:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 90 min |
| Jun 25, 10:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 12:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 34 hr |
| Jun 25, 12:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Jun 25, 1:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 21 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco, Sumter | 21 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus | 31 hr |
| Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 31 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 24 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 25 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.