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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:36 PM EST for Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:36 PM EST (18:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Charlotte County, FL, DeSoto County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:37 PM EST | TORNADO | 3 N Harbour Heights, FL | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO. |
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 439 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.9
The text
As transmitted.
235
WFUS52 KTBW 241836
TORTBW
FLC015-027-241900-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0019.160224T1836Z-160224T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
136 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NORTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 136 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR PORT CHARLOTTE...MOVING NORTHEAST 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 TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO AND NORTH CENTRAL CHARLOTTE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: HARBOUR HEIGHTS...FORT OGDEN AND LAKE SUZY.
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 2698 8201 2704 8205 2723 8179 2703 8169
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 242DEG 21KT 2702 8201
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
EOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:01 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 63 hr |
| Feb 24, 4:01 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 39 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Feb 24, 7:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 7:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 92 min | |
| Feb 24, 8:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 11 min |
| Feb 24, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 10:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 11:08 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 52 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 28 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 11:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 1:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 86 min | |
| Feb 24, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 2:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 119 min |
| Feb 24, 2:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 53 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.