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Coastal Flood Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 8, 2008Pinellas County, Florida

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

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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

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 4:15 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW5 days

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2008Every coastal flood statement in 2008

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.