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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 1, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT for Highlands County, Florida. It was in force for 52 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 1, 2012, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2012, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Highlands County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1052 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026
WFUS52 KTBW 011938
TORTBW
FLC055-012030-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0005.120601T1938Z-120601T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
338 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY IN FLORIDA.
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 337 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE PLACID.
LAKE ISTOKPOGA.
SEBRING REGIONAL AIRPORT.
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 2722 8146 2728 8153 2761 8130 2751 8119
2749 8120 2749 8118 2746 8116 2744 8113
2741 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 222DEG 25KT 2732 8143
$$2 follow-up statements
502
WWUS52 KTBW 012008
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
408 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
FLC055-012030-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120601T2030Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
408 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS COUNTY...
AT 405 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. LOCATED NEAR LAKE ISTOKPOGA...OR 8 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE PLACID...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LAKE ISTOKPOGA.
LORIDA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 2729 8134 2739 8142 2754 8122 2751 8119
2749 8120 2749 8118 2746 8116 2744 8113
2741 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 236DEG 24KT 2739 8127
$$809
WWUS52 KTBW 012030
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
430 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
FLC055-012040-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120601T2030Z/
HIGHLANDS FL-
430 PM EDT FRI JUN 1 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
LAT...LON 2729 8134 2739 8142 2754 8122 2751 8119
2749 8120 2749 8118 2746 8116 2744 8113
2741 8113
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 236DEG 24KT 2739 8127
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 10:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 96 min |
| Jun 1, 12:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 47 min | |
| Jun 1, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Sarasota | 47 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.