Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 12 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
- Jun 29, 2021, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 4:15 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 28 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
- 1021 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
820
WFUS52 KTBW 292003
TORTBW
FLC103-292015-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0004.210629T2003Z-210629T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
403 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Pinellas County in west central Florida...
* Until 415 PM EDT.
* At 402 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Gandy, or near Downtown Saint Petersburg, moving
northwest at 15 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...
Pinellas Park and Feather Sound around 415 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Venetian Isles 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 2788 8258 2781 8259 2785 8269 2791 8266
2791 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 122DEG 11KT 2785 8259
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TBW1 follow-up statement
301
WWUS52 KTBW 292006
SVSTBW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
406 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
FLC103-292016-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210629T2015Z/
Pinellas FL-
406 PM EDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 415 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
LAT...LON 2788 8258 2781 8259 2785 8269 2791 8266
2791 8261
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 122DEG 11KT 2785 8259
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 48 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Manatee | 116 min |
| Jun 29, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 41 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:54 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 51 min | |
| Jun 29, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 31 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.