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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 7, 2016Pasco County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2016, 5:47 AM EDT for Pasco 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: Apr 7, 2016, 5:47 AM EDT (09:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 6:15 AM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Pasco County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:51 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
Apr 7, 6:00 AM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 S Hudson, FL	FIRE DEPT REPORT OF LARGE TREE INTO HOME. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

621 
WFUS52 KTBW 070947
TORTBW
FLC101-071015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0022.160407T0947Z-160407T1015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
547 AM EDT THU APR 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PASCO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
    
* AT 546 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF HUDSON...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...
  NEW PORT RICHEY...HUDSON...NEW PORT RICHEY EAST AND BEACON SQUARE 
  AROUND 600 AM EDT. 
  JASMINE ESTATES AROUND 605 AM EDT. 
  KEYSTONE AROUND 610 AM EDT. 
  LAND O' LAKES AROUND 615 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BAYONET POINT...ODESSA...ELFERS...TRINITY...MOON LAKE...JAY B STARKEY
WILDERNESS PARK...GOWERS CORNER AND SHADY HILLS.

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.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!

&&

LAT...LON 2824 8275 2826 8275 2829 8272 2831 8274
      2835 8271 2832 8245 2821 8248 2817 8252
      2817 8267 2822 8276 2823 8275 2824 8276
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 289DEG 30KT 2832 8283 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

AUSTIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 4:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		47 min
Apr 7, 4:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus	39 min
Apr 7, 5:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Apr 7, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando	52 min
Apr 7, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Apr 7, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pasco	46 min
Apr 7, 6:41 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	TBW	Pinellas	19 min
Apr 7, 6:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		64 min
Apr 7, 7:00 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough	45 min
Apr 7, 7:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	19 min
Apr 7, 10:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		37 min
Apr 7, 10:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sarasota	27 min
Apr 7, 10:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		26 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.