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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2014, 12:33 PM EST for Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report 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, 12:33 PM EST (17:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 35 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 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, 12:38 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 Wnw Tampa Internation, FL | PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WITH FLYING DEBRIS NEAR HANA AVE. AND HANLEY RD. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.
948
WFUS52 KTBW 061733
TORTBW
FLC057-103-061800-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0003.140306T1733Z-140306T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1233 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...
TAMPA...
EASTERN PINELLAS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 100 PM EST
* AT 1233 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
WATERSPOUT NEAR TOWN N COUNTRY...OR NEAR TAMPA INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND TOWN N COUNTRY BY 1245 PM EST...
WEST PARK...RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM AND TAMPA BY 1250 PM EST...
CARROLLWOOD BY 100 PM EST...
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 2798 8263 2798 8261 2799 8262 2809 8251
2797 8241 2793 8257 2795 8255 2797 8259
2796 8264 2797 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1733Z 238DEG 18KT 2795 8260
$$1 follow-up statement
134
WWUS52 KTBW 061747
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
1247 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
FLC057-103-061757-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-140306T1800Z/
PINELLAS FL-HILLSBOROUGH FL-
1247 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH AND EASTERN PINELLAS
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2798 8263 2798 8261 2799 8262 2809 8251
2797 8241 2793 8257 2795 8255 2797 8259
2796 8264 2797 8264
TIME...MOT...LOC 1747Z 238DEG 18KT 2799 8253
$$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, 11:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 51 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, 12:45 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.