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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2016, 6:50 PM EST for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Jan 9, 2016, 6:50 PM EST (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 6:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Cape Coral, FL | SPOTTER REPORTS SNAPPED POWER POLES AND SMALL TREES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 822 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
571
WFUS52 KTBW 092350
TORTBW
FLC071-100015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0001.160109T2350Z-160110T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
650 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 650 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER CAPE CORAL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
IONA AND HARLEM HEIGHTS AROUND 700 PM EST.
MCGREGOR AROUND 705 PM EST.
PINE MANOR...CYPRESS LAKE...LOCHMOOR WATERWAY ESTATES AND PALMONA
PARK AROUND 710 PM EST.
FORT MYERS...VILLAS...EAST DUNBAR...SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT...
BUCKINGHAM...SAN CARLOS PARK AND THREE OAKS AROUND 715 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
MYERS SHORES...NORTH FORT MYERS...FORT MYERS VILLAS...PAGE PARK...
GATEWAY...TICE...WHISKEY CREEK...PAGE FIELD AIRPORT...SUNCOAST
ESTATES AND PUNTA RASSA.
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 OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2649 8201 2649 8199 2653 8202 2649 8207
2656 8209 2656 8208 2654 8208 2659 8204
2659 8208 2657 8208 2663 8210 2664 8208
2660 8206 2662 8205 2669 8208 2676 8171
2648 8168 2647 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 262DEG 22KT 2658 8201
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$1 follow-up statement
642
WWUS52 KTBW 100004
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
704 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
FLC071-100015-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160110T0015Z/
LEE FL-
704 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR CENTRAL
LEE COUNTY...
AT 703 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER FORT MYERS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BUCKINGHAM...SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT AND OLGA AROUND 715 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
MYERS SHORES...NORTH FORT MYERS...FORT MYERS VILLAS...PAGE PARK...
GATEWAY...TICE...WHISKEY CREEK...PAGE FIELD AIRPORT...SUNCOAST
ESTATES AND PUNTA RASSA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2649 8201 2649 8199 2653 8202 2649 8207
2656 8209 2656 8208 2654 8208 2659 8204
2659 8208 2657 8208 2663 8210 2664 8208
2660 8206 2662 8205 2669 8208 2676 8171
2648 8168 2647 8197
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 260DEG 32KT 2661 8186
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 5:19 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Polk and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 9, 4:31 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 119 min | |
| Jan 9, 6:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 44 min |
| Jan 9, 6:59 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 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.