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Tornado Warning 30, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Sumter County, Florida. It was in force for 32 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
- Sep 1, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT (18:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 1145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
878
WFUS52 KTBW 011813
TORTBW
FLC053-101-119-011845-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0030.160901T1813Z-160901T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
213 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL SUMTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
CENTRAL HERNANDO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NORTH CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 245 PM EDT
* AT 213 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. LEO...OR NEAR DADE CITY...MOVING
NORTH 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...
HILL 'N DALE AROUND 230 PM EDT.
BROOKSVILLE AROUND 235 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLANTON...CROOM...SAN ANTONIO AND RIDGE MANOR.
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 2831 8228 2832 8234 2863 8238 2864 8227
2861 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1813Z 185DEG 30KT 2836 8231
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AUSTIN1 follow-up statement
809
WWUS52 KTBW 011821
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
221 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC053-101-119-011845-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160901T1845Z/
SUMTER FL-HERNANDO FL-PASCO FL-
221 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL SUMTER...CENTRAL HERNANDO AND NORTH CENTRAL PASCO COUNTIES...
AT 220 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. LEO...OR 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DADE CITY...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 TO 40 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HILL 'N DALE AROUND 235 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
BLANTON...CROOM AND RIDGE MANOR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2838 8225 2839 8234 2863 8237 2864 8227
2861 8216
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 185DEG 30KT 2842 8230
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
AUSTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 20 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 33 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:42 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 9:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 24 hr |
| Sep 1, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 91 min | |
| Sep 1, 11:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas, Sarasota | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 62 min |
| Sep 1, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 52 min |
| Sep 1, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Sep 1, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco | 55 min |
| Sep 1, 2:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 44 min |
| Sep 1, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 17 min |
| Sep 1, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 16 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.