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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 6, 2020Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 6, 2020, 5:52 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 12 min. 2 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
Jun 6, 2020, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2020, 6:04 PM EDT
In force
12 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), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 5:57 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Clearwater, FLTREE REPORTED DOWN AT 1609 LONG STREET IN CLEARWATER.
Jun 6, 5:59 PM EDTTORNADO1 Nnw Clearwater, FLCORRECTED TIME. SOCIAL MEDIA PICTURE OF TREES ON VEHICLES ON LONG STREET NEAR RIDGE AVENUE. MORE TREES DOWNED NEAR GENTRY STREET AND RIDGE AVENUE. ALSO DAMAGE NEAR NORTH KEENE ROAD AND SUNSET POINT ROAD, GARAGE WALL PUSHED IN AND ADDITIONAL TREE DAMAGE.

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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 50 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 476 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
476 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted.

948 
WFUS52 KTBW 062152
TORTBW
FLC103-062215-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0013.200606T2152Z-200606T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
552 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020

The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Pinellas County in west central Florida...

* Until 615 PM EDT.
    
* At 552 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Clearwater, moving north at 30 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...
  Palm Harbor around 615 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Honeymoon Island, Caladesi Island, Crystal Beach and Belleair.

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 2793 8276 2793 8281 2811 8286 2811 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 176DEG 25KT 2795 8279 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

TBW
1 follow-up statement
758 
WWUS52 KTBW 062204
SVSTBW

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
604 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020

FLC103-062214-
/O.CAN.KTBW.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200606T2215Z/
Pinellas FL-
604 PM EDT Sat Jun 6 2020

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PINELLAS COUNTY 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.

LAT...LON 2793 8276 2793 8281 2811 8286 2811 8273
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 176DEG 25KT 2804 8280 

$$

TBW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:00 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWManatee66 hr
Jun 6, 2:36 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW39 min
Jun 6, 3:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW47 min
Jun 6, 7:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW55 min
Jun 6, 10:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWDeSoto21 days
Jun 6, 10:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningTBWHillsborough71 hr
Jun 6, 10:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee33 min
Jun 6, 11:11 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee34 min
Jun 6, 11:30 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough, Manatee30 min
Jun 6, 12:00 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWHillsborough13 min
Jun 6, 12:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough44 min
Jun 6, 12:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Manatee94 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW25 min
Jun 6, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter51 min
Jun 6, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWSumter33 min
Jun 6, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter48 min
Jun 6, 3:27 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCitrus, Sumter33 min
Jun 6, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW31 min
Jun 6, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW31 min
Jun 6, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW87 min
Jun 6, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Jun 6, 5:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas47 min
Jun 6, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWPolk14 min
Jun 6, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW23 min
Jun 6, 6:04 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWSumter7 min
Jun 6, 6:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWManatee, Sarasota117 min
Jun 6, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee, Sarasota43 min
Jun 6, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk34 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.