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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 9, 2016, 7:32 PM EST for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 28 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, 7:32 PM EST (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 9, 2016, 8:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 7:35 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 68 | 3 Nnw Fort Myers Beach, FL | HOME WEATHER STATION MEASURED 68 MPH WIND GUST. |
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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 841 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
356
WFUS52 KTBW 100032
TORTBW
FLC071-100100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0002.160110T0032Z-160110T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
732 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 800 PM EST
* AT 732 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER HARLEM HEIGHTS...OR NEAR CAPE CORAL...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
CYPRESS LAKE AROUND 735 PM EST.
VILLAS...PINE MANOR...SAN CARLOS PARK...THREE OAKS AND MCGREGOR
AROUND 740 PM EST.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT AROUND 745 PM EST.
BUCKINGHAM AROUND 750 PM EST.
LEHIGH ACRES AND OLGA AROUND 755 PM EST.
CHARLESTON PARK AROUND 800 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
MYERS VILLAS...PAGE PARK...GATEWAY...ALVA...WHISKEY CREEK...PAGE
FIELD AIRPORT 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 2644 8194 2645 8196 2646 8197 2647 8196
2649 8200 2652 8201 2677 8157 2652 8157
2644 8185 2646 8187 2643 8191 2643 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0032Z 239DEG 49KT 2650 8192
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
RD2 follow-up statements
217
WWUS52 KTBW 100047
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
747 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
FLC071-100100-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160110T0100Z/
LEE FL-
747 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL LEE COUNTY...
AT 745 PM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR HARLEM HEIGHTS...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAPE
CORAL...MOVING EAST AT 20 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...
VILLAS AROUND 755 PM EST.
SAN CARLOS PARK...THREE OAKS AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT AROUND
800 PM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
GATEWAY...FORT MYERS VILLAS 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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
THIS CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORNADOES AND
WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WIND DAMAGE. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 2644 8194 2645 8196 2646 8197 2647 8196
2649 8200 2652 8201 2664 8157 2652 8157
2644 8185 2646 8187 2643 8191 2643 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 256DEG 18KT 2647 8189
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
RD930
WWUS52 KTBW 100059
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
759 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
FLC071-100108-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160110T0100Z/
LEE FL-
759 PM EST SAT JAN 9 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800
PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS
ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RUSKIN.
LAT...LON 2644 8194 2645 8196 2646 8197 2647 8196
2649 8200 2652 8201 2664 8157 2652 8157
2644 8185 2646 8187 2643 8191 2643 8193
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 239DEG 49KT 2647 8189
$$
RDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 7:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 54 min |
| Jan 9, 7:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 30 min |
| Jan 9, 8:04 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 56 min |
| Jan 10, 3:25 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 19 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:36 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 12 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.