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Tornado Warning 37, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2012, 1:34 PM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 26 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, 1:34 PM EDT (17:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2012, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hardee County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.
523 WFUS52 KTBW 271734 TORTBW FLC049-057-081-105-271800- /O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0037.120827T1734Z-120827T1800Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 134 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN FLORIDA. SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA. NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN FLORIDA. * UNTIL 200 PM EDT * AT 130 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR MYAKKA HEAD...OR 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAUCHULA... MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYAKKA HEAD. DUETTE. FORT LONESOME...ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK. 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 2775 8229 2779 8204 2742 8203 2741 8209 TIME...MOT...LOC 1735Z 165DEG 32KT 2748 8208 $$
2 follow-up statements
811 WWUS52 KTBW 271745 SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 145 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 FLC049-057-081-105-271800- /O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120827T1800Z/ HARDEE FL-POLK FL-HILLSBOROUGH FL-MANATEE FL- 145 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTIES... AT 144 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO...LOCATED NEAR DUETTE...OR 18 MILES WEST OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... MYAKKA HEAD. DUETTE. FORT LONESOME. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 2775 8229 2779 8204 2742 8203 2741 8209 TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 165DEG 32KT 2757 8211 $$
183 WWUS52 KTBW 271803 RRA SVSTBW SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 203 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 FLC049-057-081-105-271812- /O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120827T1800Z/ HARDEE FL-POLK FL-HILLSBOROUGH FL-MANATEE FL- 203 PM EDT MON AUG 27 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MANATEE...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHWESTERN POLK AND NORTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE THREAT FOR A TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED...BUT FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS. LAT...LON 2775 8229 2779 8204 2742 8203 2741 8209 TIME...MOT...LOC 1745Z 166DEG 31KT 2756 8210 $$
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, 1:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 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.