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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 3:35 AM EST for Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 25 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
- Feb 16, 2016, 3:35 AM EST (08:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:19 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 366 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
937
WFUS52 KTBW 160835
TORTBW
FLC015-071-160900-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0013.160216T0835Z-160216T0900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
335 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 400 AM EST
* AT 335 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR OLGA...OR 11 MILES NORTH OF LEHIGH ACRES...MOVING
EAST AT 30 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...
CHARLESTON PARK AROUND 345 AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
MYERS SHORES...ALVA AND NORTH FORT MYERS.
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 2665 8173 2682 8180 2692 8156 2669 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0835Z 250DEG 27KT 2676 8169
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$1 follow-up statement
804
WWUS52 KTBW 160855
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
355 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
FLC015-071-160905-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160216T0900Z/
CHARLOTTE FL-LEE FL-
355 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE AND NORTHEASTERN
LEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 400 AM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL
BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RUSKIN.
LAT...LON 2665 8173 2682 8180 2692 8156 2669 8156
TIME...MOT...LOC 0852Z 250DEG 27KT 2676 8169
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2:16 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 89 min | |
| Feb 16, 2:21 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 54 min |
| Feb 16, 2:34 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 26 min |
| Feb 16, 2:43 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 3:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 42 min |
| Feb 16, 3:31 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 29 min |
| Feb 16, 3:44 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 91 min | |
| Feb 16, 4:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 53 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 38 min |
| Feb 16, 5:11 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 34 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.