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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Sep 1, 2016, 5:27 PM EDT for Hernando County, Pasco County, Florida. It was in force for 16 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, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2016, 5:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hernando County, FL, Pasco County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 72 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.
663
WFUS52 KTBW 012127
TORTBW
FLC053-101-012200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0032.160901T2127Z-160901T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
527 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HERNANDO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
CENTRAL PASCO COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 526 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LAND O LAKES...OR NEAR LUTZ...MOVING
NORTH AT 45 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...
HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 550 PM EDT.
SPRING HILL AROUND 555 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MASARYKTOWN...GOWERS CORNER...GARDEN GROVE...SHADY HILLS...ODESSA AND
CHEVAL.
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 2852 8255 2849 8233 2817 8249 2817 8259
2818 8259
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 191DEG 40KT 2822 8253
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
052 follow-up statements
293
WWUS52 KTBW 012139
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
539 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC053-101-012200-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160901T2200Z/
HERNANDO FL-PASCO FL-
539 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN HERNANDO AND CENTRAL PASCO COUNTIES...
AT 539 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR SPRING HILL...MOVING NORTH AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HERNANDO COUNTY AIRPORT AROUND 550 PM EDT.
SPRING HILL AROUND 555 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE
MASARYKTOWN...GOWERS CORNER...GARDEN GROVE AND SHADY HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE
HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 2852 8255 2849 8233 2826 8250 2826 8254
2827 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 191DEG 40KT 2836 8250
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
05321
WWUS52 KTBW 012143
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
543 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
FLC053-101-012152-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160901T2200Z/
HERNANDO FL-PASCO FL-
543 PM EDT THU SEP 1 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN HERNANDO AND CENTRAL PASCO
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2852 8255 2849 8233 2826 8250 2826 8254
2827 8258
TIME...MOT...LOC 2140Z 191DEG 40KT 2840 8249
$$
05The 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, 2:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco, Sumter | 32 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 |
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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.