Watching the Skies

A waterspout moving ashore from upper Tampa Bay prompted a tornado warning for west Hillsborough County. The tornado is near Courtney Campbell Causeway, Town N Country and Tampa Intl Airport.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA – RUSKIN FL
1123 AM EDT MON JUL 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
WESTERN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1121 AM EDT…A WATERSPOUT MOVING TOWARD SHORE WAS SIGHTED NEAR
TOWN ‘N’ COUNTRY…OR 8 MILES WEST OF TAMPA…MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

* THE WATERSPOUT WILL BE NEAR…
COURTNEY CAMPBELL CAUSEWAY.
TOWN ‘N’ COUNTRY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMEMBER…AS WATERSPOUTS MOVE ASHORE THEY BECOME TORNADOES AND
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS!

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM IN
A STRONG AND WELL CONSTRUCTED BUILDING. CARS AND MOBILE HOMES ARE NOT
SAFE! IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE…LIE FLAT IN A DITCH OR CULVERT AND
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PLEASE CALL
813-645-2323.

Edit: How fitting that my 400th blog post is a tornado warning. That makes me happy.