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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2015, 2:25 AM EDT for Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 35 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 11, 2015, 2:25 AM EDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2015, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
883
WFUS52 KTBW 110625
TORTBW
FLC015-027-115-110700-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0003.150611T0625Z-150611T0700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
225 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...
WESTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
EAST CENTRAL SARASOTA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT
* AT 224 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS OVER
CHARLOTTE HARBOR...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH PORT...PUNTA GORDA...PORT CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE COUNTY
AIRPORT...SOLANA...LAKE SUZY...CLEVELAND...NOCATEE...MURDOCK...FORT
OGDEN...CHARLOTTE HARBOR...CHARLOTTE PARK AND HARBOUR HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2682 8206 2687 8206 2691 8210 2693 8206
2696 8207 2697 8210 2690 8219 2684 8216
2685 8220 2693 8219 2693 8216 2694 8219
2719 8214 2716 8189 2681 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 194DEG 29KT 2693 8208
$$
EO2 follow-up statements
642
WWUS52 KTBW 110644
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
244 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015
FLC015-027-115-110700-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150611T0700Z/
DESOTO FL-CHARLOTTE FL-SARASOTA FL-
244 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO...WESTERN CHARLOTTE AND EAST CENTRAL SARASOTA
COUNTIES...
AT 243 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT
CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH PORT...PUNTA GORDA...PORT CHARLOTTE...CHARLOTTE COUNTY
AIRPORT...SOLANA...LAKE SUZY...CLEVELAND...NOCATEE...MURDOCK...FORT
OGDEN...CHARLOTTE HARBOR...CHARLOTTE PARK AND HARBOUR HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2682 8206 2687 8206 2691 8210 2693 8206
2696 8207 2697 8210 2690 8219 2684 8216
2685 8220 2693 8219 2693 8216 2694 8219
2719 8214 2716 8189 2681 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0643Z 197DEG 24KT 2699 8203
$$
EO098
WWUS52 KTBW 110703
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
303 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015
FLC015-027-115-110712-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150611T0700Z/
DESOTO FL-CHARLOTTE FL-SARASOTA FL-
303 AM EDT THU JUN 11 2015
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO...WESTERN CHARLOTTE
AND EAST CENTRAL SARASOTA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. GUSTY WINDS OF UP
TO 40 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM.
LAT...LON 2682 8206 2687 8206 2691 8210 2693 8206
2696 8207 2697 8210 2690 8219 2684 8216
2685 8220 2693 8219 2693 8216 2694 8219
2719 8214 2716 8189 2681 8201
TIME...MOT...LOC 0652Z 194DEG 29KT 2699 8203
$$
EOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 23 min |
| Jun 10, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Jun 11, 1:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 52 min | |
| Jun 11, 1:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 2:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 27 min | |
| Jun 11, 4:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 58 min | |
| Jun 11, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 5:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 56 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.