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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2016, 5:07 AM EST for Charlotte County, Florida. It was in force for 23 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
- Jan 17, 2016, 5:07 AM EST (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 5:30 AM EST
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Charlotte County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 12:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
023
WFUS52 KTBW 171007
TORTBW
FLC015-171030-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0012.160117T1007Z-160117T1030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
507 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 530 AM EST
* AT 506 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BABCOCK RANCH...OR 15 MILES EAST OF PUNTA
GORDA...MOVING EAST AT 50 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO 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 2686 8183 2694 8184 2704 8164 2703 8156
2686 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1006Z 258DEG 45KT 2691 8177
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
709
WWUS52 KTBW 171023
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
523 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC015-171032-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160117T1030Z/
CHARLOTTE FL-
523 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 530 AM EST...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED
AND MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2686 8183 2694 8184 2704 8164 2703 8156
2686 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 1021Z 258DEG 45KT 2691 8177
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 1:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:41 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 58 min |
| Jan 17, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 2:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 3:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 3:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 3:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 3:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:45 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 12 min |
| Jan 17, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 26 min |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 14 min |
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 117 min |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 4:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 4:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 4:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 55 min |
| Jan 17, 4:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 5:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 24 hr |
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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.