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Coastal Flood Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 8, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 10, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2008, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 10, 2008, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2008, 4:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Sep 8, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 1:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 5:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 530 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-081600- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 530 AM EDT MON SEP 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT ON WEDNESDAY AS SOME OF THE OUTER RAIN BANDS OF IKE WILL EFFECT THE AREA. ....RIP CURRENT IMPACT... DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IKE REACH WESTERN FLORIDA. BEACH GOERS MUST HEED WARNING SIGNS AND LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTIONS REGARDING RIP CURRENT THREATS AT LOCAL BEACHES. ...HIGH SURF IMPACTS.... DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES WILL ALSO REACH BEACHES AND LOCATIONS ALONG THE COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. BEACH GOERS MUST EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND HEED ALL POSTED WARNINGS AND LIFEGUARD INSTRUCTIONS WHERE AVAILABLE. THE INCREASING SURF WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ROUGH WATER CONDITIONS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES... RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. ...MARINE GUST IMPACT... WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE COASTAL WATERS LATE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE. MARINERS AND BEACH GOERS CAN EXPECT BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS AND SMALL CRAFT WILL WANT TO REMAIN IN PORT DURING THIS TIME. ...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT... LARGE SWELLS FROM HURRICANE IKE WILL BEGIN REACHING THE COASTLINE WEDNESDAY BRINGING AN INCREASING THREAT OF MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. AT THIS TIME...THE AMOUNT OF COASTAL FLOODING LOOKS SIMILAR TO LAST WEEK WHEN HURRICANE GUSTAV MOVED BY TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF THE AREA PRODUCING TIDES THAT WERE GENERALLY 2 FEET OR LESS ABOVE NORMAL. THE ONLY EXCEPTION WAS ALONG PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST WHERE UP TO 3 FEET OCCURRED. SOME BEACH EROSION WILL ALSO POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. PRC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 4:15 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 5 days |
Nearby
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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.