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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2021, 3:51 AM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 24 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
- Jul 7, 2021, 3:51 AM EDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2021, 4:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Hardee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
346
WFUS52 KTBW 070751
TORTBW
FLC049-070815-
/O.NEW.KTBW.TO.W.0007.210707T0751Z-210707T0815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
351 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Hardee County in central Florida...
* Until 415 AM EDT.
* At 350 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southeast of Ona, or 11 miles north of Arcadia,
moving north at 35 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...
Ona around 405 AM EDT.
Wauchula around 415 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Limestone, Gardner, Fort Green, Bowling Green and Zolfo Springs.
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 2734 8181 2735 8192 2764 8197 2764 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0750Z 189DEG 29KT 2738 8186
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TBW1 follow-up statement
358
WWUS52 KTBW 070812
SVSTBW
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Area Ruskin FL
412 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
FLC049-070822-
/O.EXP.KTBW.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210707T0815Z/
Hardee FL-
412 AM EDT Wed Jul 7 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL HARDEE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 415
AM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 AM EDT for south central
and central Florida.
LAT...LON 2734 8181 2735 8192 2764 8197 2764 8165
TIME...MOT...LOC 0812Z 189DEG 29KT 2755 8183
$$
TBWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:01 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 1:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco, Sumter | 20 min |
| Jul 7, 1:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 13 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota | 22 min |
| Jul 7, 6:16 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 6:24 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Lee | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 33 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:24 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 5 days |
| Jul 7, 9:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hardee | 29 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 60 hr |
| Jul 7, 9:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 58 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:25 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:25 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 9 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:28 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 12 hr | |
| Jul 7, 11:37 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 57 hr |
| Jul 7, 12:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco | 3 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:10 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 9 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.