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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Nov 2, 2018, 3:05 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 25 min. 5 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
- Nov 2, 2018, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2018, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sse Highpoint, FL | PUBLIC REPORTS A FEW TREE LIMBS DOWN AT CORNER OF 49TH ST. AND ULMERTON RD. |
| Nov 2, 3:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Seminole, FL | TREES DAMAGED AND DOWN ALONG PARK BLVD FROM SEMINOLE TO PINELLAS PARK. |
| Nov 2, 3:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | Seminole, FL | CONDO ROOF BLOW OFF NEAR PARK BLVD AND STARKEY ROAD. |
| Nov 2, 3:15 PM EDT | TORNADO | Seminole, FL | TREES DOWN AND STRUCTURE DAMAGE NEAR 91ST STREET AND 78TH AVE, |
| Nov 2, 3:22 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Seminole, FL | MOBILE HOME DAMAGED NEAR 65TH AND SEMINOLE BLVD |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
672
WFUS52 KTBW 021905
TORTBW
FLC103-021930-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0009.181102T1905Z-181102T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
305 PM EDT FRI NOV 2 2018
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Pinellas County in west central Florida...
* Until 330 PM EDT.
* At 305 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Pinellas Park, moving northeast 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...
Feather Sound and Gandy around 315 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Sawgrass Lake Park, Saint Pete Clearwater Airport, Lealman,
Highpoint, Kenneth City and Weedon Island State Preserve.
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 2779 8276 2786 8281 2798 8264 2784 8256
TIME...MOT...LOC 1905Z 239DEG 34KT 2786 8274
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min | |
| Nov 2, 2:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Nov 2, 2:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 44 min |
| Nov 2, 2:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Nov 2, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 33 min |
| Nov 2, 2:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Nov 2, 2:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 23 min |
| Nov 2, 3:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 37 min |
| Nov 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk | 45 min |
| Nov 2, 3:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 29 min |
| Nov 2, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 67 min | |
| Nov 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 14 min |
| Nov 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 28 min |
| Nov 2, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 23 min |
| Nov 2, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 35 min |
| Nov 2, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 30 min |
| Nov 2, 4:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 24 min |
| Nov 2, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 25 min |
| Nov 2, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 21 min |
| Nov 2, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Highlands | 52 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.