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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 15, 2016Lee County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 15, 2016, 10:52 AM EST for Lee County, Florida. It was in force for 23 min. 3 reports 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 15, 2016, 10:52 AM EST (15:52 UTC)
Expired: Jan 15, 2016, 11:15 AM EST
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Lee County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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
Jan 15, 11:10 AM EST	TORNADO	5 Ese Cape Coral, FL	BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED A REPORT AND A PICTURE OF A ROOF PARTIALLY BLOWN OFF A CONDO ON FEATHER SOUND DRIVE IN THE WHISKEY CREEK AREA AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO PLAM TREES. THE PICTURE SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED ROOFING MATERIAL AND SCORING ALONG THE TRUNK OF A TREE. A
Jan 15, 11:14 AM EST	TSTM WND DMG	Gateway, FL	MULTIPLE MEDIA REPORTS FROM THE BROADCAST MEDIA AND GENERAL PUBLIC OF TREES AND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN IN GATEWAY ASSOCIATED WITH THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.
Jan 15, 11:23 AM EST	TSTM WND GST 60	Southwest Internat, FL	ASOS STATION SOUTHWEST FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT /RSW/ MEASURED A 60 MPH/52 KNOT THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 15, 10:35 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 918 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 458 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 518 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

732 
WFUS52 KTBW 151552
TORTBW
FLC071-151615-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0003.160115T1552Z-160115T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
1052 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA...

* UNTIL 1115 AM EST
    
* AT 1051 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR IONA...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAPE
  CORAL...MOVING EAST AT 40 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...
  HARLEM HEIGHTS AND IONA AROUND 1105 AM EST.
  CYPRESS LAKE...VILLAS...PINE MANOR AND MCGREGOR AROUND 1110 AM EST.
  SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AIRPORT...SAN CARLOS PARK...THREE OAKS AND EAST
  DUNBAR AROUND 1115 AM EST.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE SAINT
JAMES CITY...FORT MYERS VILLAS...ESTERO...PAGE PARK...GATEWAY...PUNTA
RASSA...WHISKEY CREEK...PAGE FIELD AIRPORT...TICE AND FORT MYERS
SHORES.

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.

IF ON OR NEAR THE WATERS NEAR PUNTA RASSA...GET AWAY FROM THE WATER
AND MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE LARGE CAPSIZING WAVES...EVEN ON SMALL BODIES OF WATER. MOVE
INTO DOCK AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER
IN A THUNDERSTORM.

&&

LAT...LON 2649 8200 2643 8205 2643 8211 2648 8213
      2650 8210 2651 8213 2654 8210 2654 8207
      2656 8206 2672 8171 2647 8160 2641 8185
      2646 8187 2643 8191 2641 8187 2640 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1551Z 248DEG 33KT 2647 8204 

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

$$

1 follow-up statement

333 
WWUS52 KTBW 151611
SVSTBW

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
1111 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

FLC071-151620-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160115T1615Z/
LEE FL-
1111 AM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL LEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1115 AM
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
STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR SOUTHWESTERN
FLORIDA.

LAT...LON 2649 8200 2643 8205 2643 8211 2648 8213
      2650 8210 2651 8213 2654 8210 2654 8207
      2656 8206 2672 8171 2647 8160 2641 8185
      2646 8187 2643 8191 2641 8187 2640 8189
TIME...MOT...LOC 1609Z 248DEG 33KT 2647 8204 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 15, 3:59 AM EST	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	66 hr
Jan 15, 3:59 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		15 hr
Jan 15, 3:59 AM EST	High Surf Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	17 hr
Jan 15, 4:00 AM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more	11 hr
Jan 15, 6:59 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		2 hr
Jan 15, 7:47 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Levy	58 min
Jan 15, 8:24 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		96 min
Jan 15, 8:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sumter	75 min
Jan 15, 8:52 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		38 min
Jan 15, 9:36 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		54 min
Jan 15, 9:46 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		59 min
Jan 15, 9:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee	59 min
Jan 15, 10:01 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Sumter	59 min
Jan 15, 10:08 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee	37 min
Jan 15, 10:28 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		62 min
Jan 15, 10:45 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Lee	2 hr
Jan 15, 10:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee	90 min
Jan 15, 11:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	51 min
Jan 15, 11:28 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	16 min
Jan 15, 11:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		44 min
Jan 15, 11:47 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Lee	28 min
Jan 15, 12:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands	43 min
Jan 15, 12:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Lee	55 min
Jan 15, 2:24 PM EST	Beach Hazards Statement	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	56 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.