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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 6, 2016Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2016, 4:29 PM EDT for Charlotte County, DeSoto County, Florida. It was in force for 9 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, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 4:38 PM EDT
In force
9 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), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 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 12:00Z on 2016-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 206 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

As transmitted.

399 
WFUS52 KTBW 062029
TORTBW
FLC015-027-062100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0027.160606T2029Z-160606T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
429 PM EDT MON JUN 6 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 500 PM EDT
    
* AT 428 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
  WAS LOCATED OVER CHARLOTTE COUNTY AIRPORT...OR NEAR PUNTA GORDA...
  MOVING NORTHEAST 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...
  SOUTHEAST ARCADIA AROUND 500 PM EDT. 

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
SOLANA...FORT OGDEN...NOCATEE...HARBOUR HEIGHTS AND CLEVELAND.

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 2688 8196 2692 8204 2723 8198 2710 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 206DEG 32KT 2696 8197 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

TF
1 follow-up statement
476 
WWUS52 KTBW 062038
SVSTBW

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

FLC015-027-062048-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-160606T2100Z/
DESOTO FL-CHARLOTTE FL-
438 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DESOTO AND NORTH CENTRAL
CHARLOTTE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 2688 8196 2692 8204 2723 8198 2710 8168
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 206DEG 32KT 2704 8193 

$$

TF

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, 2:39 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee21 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

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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.