Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2014, 11:39 AM EST for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 51 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 6, 2014, 11:39 AM EST (16:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 12:30 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 12:05 PM EST | TORNADO | 5 Sw Largo, FL | PUBLIC REPORT WITH PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA OF TORNADIC WATERSPOUT MOVING ONSHORE AT INDIAN SHORES. |
| Mar 6, 12:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Ssw Clearwater, FL | SEVERAL LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. FENCE AND SHED DAMAGED. LOCATION ESTIMATED BETWEEN LARGO AND BELLEAIR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
812
WFUS52 KTBW 061639
TORTBW
FLC103-061730-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0002.140306T1639Z-140306T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1139 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PINELLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...LARGO...PINELLAS PARK...
SEMINOLE...DOWNTOWN SAINT PETERSBURG...SAINT PETERSBURG...SAINT
PETE BEACH...
* UNTIL 1230 PM EST
* AT 1139 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
WATERSPOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INDIAN SHORES...OR 13 MILES WEST
OF SEMINOLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
INDIAN SHORES AND INDIAN ROCKS BEACH BY NOON EST...
SEMINOLE...MADEIRA BEACH AND BELLEAIR BEACH BY 1205 PM EST...
LARGO AND BELLEAIR BY 1210 PM EST...
KENNETH CITY BY 1215 PM EST...
HIGHPOINT AND PINELLAS PARK BY 1220 PM EST...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 275 BETWEEN EXITS 6 AND 32.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
&&
LAT...LON 2793 8285 2797 8284 2805 8265 2797 8263
2799 8264 2800 8267 2797 8269 2797 8265
2794 8271 2788 8257 2786 8259 2781 8257
2778 8261 2770 8263 2768 8274 2786 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1639Z 249DEG 22KT 2780 8298
$$1 follow-up statement
900
WWUS52 KTBW 061721
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1221 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC103-061731-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140306T1730Z/
PINELLAS FL-
1221 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN PINELLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1230 PM EST...
THE TORNADO HAS LIFTED...HOWEVER THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN...AND SMALL HAIL UNTIL IT FULLY
DISSIPATES.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2793 8285 2797 8284 2805 8265 2797 8263
2799 8264 2800 8267 2797 8269 2797 8265
2794 8271 2788 8257 2786 8259 2781 8257
2778 8261 2770 8263 2768 8274 2786 8286
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 249DEG 22KT 2789 8271
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 5:21 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 8 hr |
| Mar 6, 10:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 89 min | |
| Mar 6, 11:06 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 54 min | |
| Mar 6, 11:37 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 38 min |
| Mar 6, 11:44 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Mar 6, 11:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Mar 6, 12:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 41 min |
| Mar 6, 12:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Mar 6, 12:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 27 min |
| Mar 6, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 12:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 1:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 51 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.