Several reports of waterspouts have been submitted to the National Weather Service in Ruskin today, including one in Old Tampa Bay. The waterspout in Old Tampa Bay is the storm that prompted the tornado warning earlier, no damage has been reported at this time.
I have included some pictures of today’s waterspouts, courtesy of Bay News 9.
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 2009THE 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.
The tornado warning has ended for Hillsborough County. The storm that produced the warning weakened and rotation completely stopped. The rotation spun up over Carrollwood Village at Fletcher & Dale Mabry, continued east twards I-275 and Fowler, and occluded near Busch and 30th.
No tornado or wind damage reports have come in at this time, but if any do then I will post updates. Below is screenshot from 3:18pm of reflectivity (left) and velocity (right).
The center of circulation is over the Lake Magdalene area, moving ESE! This will affect Temple Terrace as well!
-- Weather in Tampa, FL when posted --The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for…
northwestern Hillsborough County in Florida.* Until 345 PM EDT
* at 309 PM EDT…National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
tornado near Carrollwood…or 6 miles southwest of Lutz…moving
southeast at 10 mph.* The tornado will be near…
Carrollwood.
Tampa International Airport.
Temple Terrace.Precautionary/preparedness actions…
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.
All clear everyone.. this was a real close one though. The storm made a last second right turn near Lewisville and traveled 4 miles south of us into Plano. The rotation diminished a bit so chances are at the time the rotation was closest to us the storm was probably not producing a tornado, but there was still rotation.
This was a legit threat too as this storm was tornado warned for an hour and a half, plus amateur radio operators spotted a debris cloud and power flashes 22 miles west of Frisco. Additionally I saw power flashes when I was leaving work so this was absolutely a legitimate warning.
Ill give updates later…
Tornado warning issud for Denton and Collin Counties including Frisco. This warning box does include Frisco, i am a big suprized the sirens arent going off. ETA puts it at 7:15 now.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
643 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
COLLIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
NORTHERN DALLAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
SOUTHEASTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
ROCKWALL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
NORTHEASTERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…* UNTIL 745 PM CDT
* AT 643 PM CDT…STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A TORNADO
NEAR FLOWER MOUND…MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
COPPELL…HIGHLAND VILLAGE…HICKORY CREEK AND LAKE DALLAS BY 650
PM CDT…
LEWISVILLE…LAKE LEWISVILLE AND LAKEWOOD VILLAGE BY 655 PM CDT…
HEBRON…CARROLLTON AND THE COLONY BY 700 PM CDT…PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM…CLOSET…OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS…PILLOWS…OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
Tornado Warning and Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued for western parts of the Metroplex including Denton County. Sorry dont have much time to elaborate still being @ work now, but this storm is still on track to hit our area. The tornadic part of the storm is headed this way too, still 38 miles out, putting it on track for a 7:30 ETA to Frisco.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
604 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHWESTERN DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
NORTHEASTERN PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
NORTHERN TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
SOUTHEASTERN WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…* UNTIL 645 PM CDT
* AT 604 PM CDT…STORM SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR OBSERVED A
DEVELOPING TORNADO NEAR SPRINGTOWN…MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS
UPDATES AND REPLACES THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WARNING.* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
RENO AND SANCTUARY BY 610 PM CDT…
BRIAR…PELICAN BAY AND AZLE BY 615 PM CDT…
NEWARK…PECAN ACRES…RHOME AND AURORA BY 620 PM CDT…
SAGINAW BY 625 PM CDT…PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR BATHROOM…CLOSET…OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF YOUR BUILDING. COVER YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS…PILLOWS…OR A
MATTRESS FOR PROTECTION.IN ADDITION TO TORNADOES…LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN TEXAS.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
608 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FORT WORTH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
DENTON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
PARKER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
TARRANT COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…
WISE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS…* UNTIL 715 PM CDT
* AT 608 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL…AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES EAST OF BRIDGEPORT
TO 4 MILES SOUTH OF SPRINGTOWN TO 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF COOL…AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR…
DECATUR…WEATHERFORD…RENO AND BRIAR BY 615 PM
PELICAN BAY…AZLE AND AURORA BY 620 PM
WILLOW PARK…PECAN ACRES AND HUDSON OAKS BY 625 PMPRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO A STURDY SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE…SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND
STAY INSIDE…AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
This storm still looks capable of producing a tornado, is moving offshore and over Clearwater beach. It started near Largo, moved through Bellair, into Clearwater then currently is over Clearwater beach.
Below is radar snap of the storm at 12:42pm EDT. You can see the storm has a hook echo on the standard reflectivity (left) and a nice inbound/outbound velocity couplet on the base velocity (right)
This covers areas near Largo and Clearwater. 4 miles west of the St. Pete/Clearwater Airport.
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a
* Tornado Warning for… northern Pinellas County in Florida.
* Until 100 PM EDT
* at 1235 PM EDT…National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a tornado near largo…moving northwest at 15 mph.
* The tornado will be near… largo. Indian Rocks Beach. Belleair. Dunedin.
Precautionary/preparedness actions…
If you are in the path of the tornado go to a small interior room ina strong and well constructed building. Cars and Mobile homes are not safe! If no shelter is available…lie flat in a ditch or culvert andcover your head with your hands.
To report severe weather to the National Weather Service please call813-645-2323.
This is for the core of Tampa too, I see no strong rotation on radar but it is still entirely possible a small scale funnel formed.
BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA – RUSKIN FL
628 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IN FLORIDA.* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 628 PM EDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR EAST LAKE-ORIENT PARK…OR NEAR TEMPLE TERRACE.
NEARLY STATIONARY.* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
TEMPLE TERRACE.
EAST LAKE-ORIENT PARK.PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
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.
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