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Tornado Warning 35, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 26, 2012, 10:23 AM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 10 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 26, 2012, 10:23 AM EDT (14:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2012, 10:33 AM EDT
- In force
- 10 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 907 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
334
WFUS52 KTBW 261423
TORTBW
FLC055-261500-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0035.120626T1423Z-120626T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1023 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT
* AT 1024 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF
BASINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY.
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 2720 8095 2720 8105 2727 8114 2737 8105
2736 8103 2733 8104 2731 8102 2729 8099
2726 8099 2722 8097 2723 8095 2721 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 1424Z 219DEG 37KT 2728 8099
$$1 follow-up statement
491
WWUS52 KTBW 261433
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1033 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012
FLC055-261442-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120626T1500Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
1033 AM EDT TUE JUN 26 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN HIGHLANDS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 2720 8095 2720 8105 2727 8114 2737 8105
2736 8103 2733 8104 2731 8102 2729 8099
2726 8099 2722 8097 2723 8095 2721 8094
TIME...MOT...LOC 1432Z 219DEG 37KT 2734 8093
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 10:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 13 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Polk | 24 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:11 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hardee | 24 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee, Sarasota | 40 min |
| Jun 26, 6:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk | 92 min |
| Jun 26, 8:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Highlands, Lee | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk | 91 min |
| Jun 26, 10:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk | 115 min |
| Jun 26, 12:43 PM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 17 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:46 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Polk, Sumter | 19 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk and 1 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk and 1 more | 2 hr |
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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.