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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jan 17, 2016, 3:45 AM EST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 12 min. 1 report 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 17, 2016, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 3:57 AM EST
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Hardee County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Polk County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 3:45 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 N Duette, FL | *** 1 INJ *** MANATEE COUNTY 911 REPORTS STRUCTURE COLLAPSE IN DUETTE WITH AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF INJURIES OF VARYING DEGREES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 17, 12:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1407 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
248
WFUS52 KTBW 170845
TORTBW
FLC049-057-081-105-170915-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0007.160117T0845Z-160117T0915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
345 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HARDEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA...
NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA...
* UNTIL 415 AM EST
* AT 343 AM EST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LIKELY OF PRODUCING A LARGE
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DUETTE...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GREATER
SUN CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 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
NORTHWESTERN HARDEE...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHWESTERN POLK
AND NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS...FORT GREEN...FORT LONESOME...DUETTE...BRADLEY
JUNCTION...ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK...FORT MEADE...HOMELAND AND
WILLOW OAK.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 2753 8216 2758 8223 2795 8216 2781 8175
2760 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0843Z 221DEG 53KT 2759 8216
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$3 follow-up statements
063
WWUS52 KTBW 170849
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
349 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC049-057-081-105-170915-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T0915Z/
HARDEE FL-HILLSBOROUGH FL-POLK FL-MANATEE FL-
349 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HARDEE...SOUTHEASTERN HILLSBOROUGH...SOUTHWESTERN POLK
AND NORTHEASTERN MANATEE COUNTIES...
AT 349 AM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FISH HAWK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FISH HAWK...FORT MEADE...FORT GREEN...FORT LONESOME...DUETTE...
BRADLEY JUNCTION...ALAFIA RIVER STATE PARK...HOMELAND AND WILLOW OAK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 2753 8216 2758 8223 2795 8216 2781 8175
2760 8188
TIME...MOT...LOC 0849Z 218DEG 49KT 2765 8211
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$467
WWUS52 KTBW 170854
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
354 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC049-081-170903-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T0915Z/
HARDEE FL-MANATEE FL-
354 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HARDEE AND NORTHEASTERN
MANATEE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EST FOR WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2765 8206 2766 8212 2788 8206 2783 8182
2765 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 221DEG 53KT 2769 8207
$$
FLC057-105-170915-
/O.CON.KTBW.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T0915Z/
HILLSBOROUGH FL-POLK FL-
354 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES...
AT 353 AM EST...A CONFIRMED LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FISH HAWK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR CONFIRMED TORNADO.
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY
BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE DESTROYED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO
HOMES...BUSINESSES AND VEHICLES IS LIKELY AND COMPLETE
DESTRUCTION IS POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRADLEY JUNCTION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...
MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM
FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
A LARGE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE
IMMEDIATE TORNADO PRECAUTIONS. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 2765 8206 2766 8212 2788 8206 2783 8182
2765 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0853Z 221DEG 53KT 2769 8207
TORNADO...OBSERVED
TORNADO DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL...<.75IN
$$436
WWUS52 KTBW 170857
SVSTBW
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA / RUSKIN FL
357 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
FLC057-105-170907-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160117T0915Z/
HILLSBOROUGH FL-POLK FL-
357 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH AND SOUTHWESTERN
POLK 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 800 AM EST FOR WEST CENTRAL
FLORIDA.
LAT...LON 2765 8206 2766 8212 2788 8206 2783 8182
2765 8200
TIME...MOT...LOC 0855Z 221DEG 53KT 2774 8202
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 17, 1:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 1:51 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 3 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:41 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| Jan 17, 2:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 58 min |
| Jan 17, 2:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jan 17, 2:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Jan 17, 3:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:14 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 3:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 33 min |
| Jan 17, 3:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 3:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 27 min |
| Jan 17, 3:34 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 20 min |
| Jan 17, 3:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jan 17, 3:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 26 min |
| Jan 17, 3:56 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 14 min |
| Jan 17, 4:02 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:03 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota | 117 min |
| Jan 17, 4:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 45 min |
| Jan 17, 4:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Jan 17, 4:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee, Sarasota | 43 min |
| Jan 17, 4:24 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 36 min |
| Jan 17, 4:36 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota | 39 min |
| Jan 17, 4:44 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Jan 17, 4:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 55 min |
| Jan 17, 4:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 32 min |
| Jan 17, 5:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 23 min |
| Jan 17, 5:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 47 min |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 4 days |
| Jan 17, 10:08 AM EST | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 24 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.