Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2016, 12:15 PM EDT for Hardee County, Manatee County, Florida. It was in force for 30 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 7, 2016, 12:15 PM EDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2016, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hardee County, FL, Manatee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
254
WFUS52 KTBW 071615
TORTBW
FLC049-081-071645-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0028.160607T1615Z-160607T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
1215 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL HARDEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
EAST CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 1215 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF MYAKKA CITY...OR 21 MILES WEST
OF WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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
WEST CENTRAL HARDEE AND EAST CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: MYAKKA HEAD.
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 2742 8217 2748 8221 2760 8207 2744 8199
TIME...MOT...LOC 1615Z 244DEG 15KT 2746 8215
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TF2 follow-up statements
776
WWUS52 KTBW 071627
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
1227 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016
FLC049-081-071645-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160607T1645Z/
HARDEE FL-MANATEE FL-
1227 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL HARDEE AND EAST CENTRAL MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 1225 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF MYAKKA CITY...OR 18 MILES WEST OF
WAUCHULA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION IS CONTINUING IN EAST CENTRAL
MANATEE COUNTY AND WILL MOVE INTO WEST CENTRAL HARDEE
COUNTY SHORTLY.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MYAKKA HEAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2746 8212 2749 8214 2760 8207 2745 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 244DEG 15KT 2748 8210
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$556
WWUS52 KTBW 071639
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
1239 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016
FLC049-081-071648-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160607T1645Z/
HARDEE FL-MANATEE FL-
1239 PM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HARDEE AND EAST CENTRAL
MANATEE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 PM EDT...
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.
LAT...LON 2746 8212 2749 8214 2760 8207 2745 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 1637Z 244DEG 15KT 2748 8210
$$
TFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 3:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:36 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 24 min | |
| Jun 7, 5:57 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Jun 7, 8:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 9:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 51 min | |
| Jun 7, 10:06 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 114 min |
| Jun 7, 3:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 5 days |
| Jun 7, 3:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.