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Coastal Flood Statement 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 31, 2008Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Aug 31, 2008, 5:08 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 31, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 31, 2008, 5:08 AM EDT (09:08 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 31, 2008, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Sep 1, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this coastal flood statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this coastal flood statement went out at Aug 31, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 31, 3:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 31, 5:02 AM EDT, 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
502 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-312115-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
502 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY WITH MOST ACTIVE PERIODS IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS.

....RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AS SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV
REACH WESTERN FLORIDA. BEACH GOERS MUST HEED WARNING SIGNS AND
LIFE GUARD INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING RIP CURRENT THREATS AT LOCAL
BEACHES.

...HIGH SURF IMPACTS....
DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES WILL ALSO REACH BEACHES AND LOCATIONS
ALONG THE COASTLINE FROM PINELLAS THROUGH LEVY COUNTY. BEACH GOERS
MUST EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND HEED ALL POSTED WARNINGS AND
LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTIONS WHERE AVAILABLE. INCREASING SURF IS
NORMALLY ACCOMPANIED BY ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS...LARGE BREAKING
WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW.

...MARINE GUST IMPACT...
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE. MARINERS AND BEACH GOERS CAN EXPECT
BRISK TO BREEZY CONDITIONS LATER TONIGHT. SMALL CRAFT MAY WANT TO
REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL BEGIN REACHING THE COASTLINE
LATER TODAY AND BRINGING INCREASING THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING
FORM PINELLAS THROUGH LEVY COUNTY. BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
AROUND HIGH TIDE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS...ALONG WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING IN
COVERAGE BY TUESDAY. AGAIN...EXPECT FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS WITH THE
STRONGEST CELLS.

....RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING.

...HIGH SURF IMPACTS....
HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WESTERN FLORIDA COASTLINE
UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING. BEACH GOERS MUST EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION
AND HEED ALL POSTED WARNINGS AND LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTIONS WHERE
AVAILABLE.

...MARINE GUST IMPACT...
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY
LATE MORNING. SMALL CRAFT MAY WANT TO REMAIN IN PORT UNTIL
CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE GUSTAV WILL CONTINUE TO REACH THE
FLORIDA WEST COAST AND KEEP THREAT OF COASTAL FLOODING FROM
PINELLAS THROUGH LEVY COUNTY UNTIL MONDAY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 5:08 AM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWPinellas39 hr
Aug 31, 6:46 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW39 hr
Aug 31, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee35 min
Aug 31, 4:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Sarasota35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.