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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2012, 1:22 PM EDT for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 38 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
- Aug 27, 2012, 1:22 PM EDT (17:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 566 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
890 WFUS52 KTBW 271722 TORTBW FLC081-115-271800- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0036.120827T1722Z-120827T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 122 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. NORTHEASTERN SARASOTA COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTH OF MYAKKA CITY...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF NORTH PORT...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYAKKA CITY. MYAKKA HEAD. 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 2747 8231 2751 8206 2716 8206 2715 8211 TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 168DEG 31KT 2721 8210 $$
2 follow-up statements
880 WWUS52 KTBW 271744 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 144 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 FLC081-115-271800- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120827T1800Z/ SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL- 144 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE AND NORTHEASTERN SARASOTA COUNTIES... AT 139 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR MYAKKA CITY...OR 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF ARCADIA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYAKKA CITY. MYAKKA HEAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2747 8231 2751 8206 2716 8206 2715 8211 TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 168DEG 31KT 2739 8214 $$
545 WWUS52 KTBW 271803 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 203 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 FLC081-115-271811- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120827T1800Z/ SARASOTA FL-MANATEE FL- 203 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE AND NORTHEASTERN SARASOTA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED...BUT FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. LAT...LON 2747 8231 2751 8206 2716 8206 2715 8211 TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 168DEG 31KT 2739 8214 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 4 more | 78 min |
| Aug 27, 4:02 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 16 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 4 days |
| Aug 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 28 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:50 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 11:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 70 hr | |
| Aug 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Highlands | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 53 min | |
| Aug 27, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 37 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.