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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 6, 2016Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 2:39 AM EDT for Charlotte County, Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 21 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
Jun 6, 2016, 2:39 AM EDT (06:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT
In force
21 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), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 661 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
661 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1055 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

057 
WFUS52 KTBW 060639
TORTBW
FLC015-071-060700-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0025.160606T0639Z-160606T0700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
239 AM EDT MON JUN 6 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 300 AM EDT
    
* AT 238 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER BUCKINGHAM...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEHIGH ACRES...
  MOVING NORTH 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...
  BABCOCK WEBB WMA AROUND 300 AM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE FORT
MYERS SHORES AND NORTH FORT MYERS.

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 2662 8163 2663 8179 2696 8185 2694 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0638Z 180DEG 27KT 2668 8171 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
756 
WWUS52 KTBW 060701
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
301 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

FLC015-071-060711-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-160606T0700Z/
CHARLOTTE FL-LEE FL-
301 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHARLOTTE AND NORTHEASTERN
LEE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

LAT...LON 2662 8163 2663 8179 2696 8185 2694 8159
TIME...MOT...LOC 0658Z 180DEG 27KT 2668 8171 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Jun 5, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas50 min
Jun 5, 11:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee24 min
Jun 5, 11:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW59 min
Jun 6, 12:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW31 min
Jun 6, 1:46 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW29 min
Jun 6, 2:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW26 min
Jun 6, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota24 min
Jun 6, 3:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto45 min
Jun 6, 5:00 AM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Lee24 hr
Jun 6, 5:00 AM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota35 hr
Jun 6, 5:00 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota35 hr
Jun 6, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee50 min
Jun 6, 7:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW40 min
Jun 6, 10:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas, Sarasota45 min
Jun 6, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWDeSoto5 days
Jun 6, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough41 hr
Jun 6, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough3 days
Jun 6, 10:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWManatee46 hr
Jun 6, 10:46 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWManatee, Sarasota119 min
Jun 6, 11:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW40 min
Jun 6, 11:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Sarasota30 min
Jun 6, 1:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee94 min
Jun 6, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW65 min
Jun 6, 2:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Jun 6, 3:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Manatee and 1 more117 min
Jun 6, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW44 min
Jun 6, 4:06 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedTBWLee11 min
Jun 6, 4:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto9 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.