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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 4, 2011

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this coastal flood statement at Sep 4, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT. It took effect at Sep 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2011, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 5, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 6, 2011, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 28 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

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 4, 8:22 PM EDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 8:22 PM EDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:11 AM EDT, 16 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
411 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-050000-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
411 AM EDT SUN SEP 4 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...MORE NUMEROUS OFFSHORE AND OVER
THE NATURE COAST TODAY...ARE EXPECTED. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL
CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME STREET AND URBAN
FLOODING.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AND INCREASING TODAY WATER LEVELS NEAR
CEDAR KEY WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE ABOVE NORMAL. AT HIGH TIDE THIS
MORNING...WATER LEVELS OF AROUND 3 FEET MSL ARE EXPECTED.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE SOUTH AND INCREASE TODAY...THERE WILL BE AN
INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. TO AVOID GETTING
CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE
ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR
PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE
YOUR KNEES.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS
TODAY...AND SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE NEARSHORE
WATERS. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO ADVISORY
CONDITIONS OVER ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS.

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

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND
TUESDAY ON THE OUTER FRINGES OF TROPICAL STORM LEE. THESE STORMS
MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
WITH CONTINUED STRONG SOUTH WINDS MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WATER
LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE NEAR CEDAR KEY. AT HIGH TIDE LATE
TUESDAY MORNING...COULD SEE AROUND OR JUST OVER 4 FEET MSL WATER
LEVELS. THIS COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING IN SOME AREAS.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
WITH THE GUSTY WINDS AND LONG PERIOD SWELLS THROUGH
TUESDAY...THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH
AT LEAST MIDWEEK.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE OVER THE WATERS THROUGH TUESDAY BEFORE
DIMINISHING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.

MCNATT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 5, 7:57 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	TBW	Pinellas	36 hr
Sep 5, 1:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	27 min
Sep 5, 2:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Sumter	46 min
Sep 5, 5:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Levy	27 min
Sep 5, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		25 min
Sep 5, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus	47 min
Sep 5, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		59 min
Sep 5, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas	56 min
Sep 5, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		59 min
Sep 5, 7:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Pasco	51 min
Sep 5, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	29 min

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Coastal Flood Statements in Florida, 2011 Every coastal flood statement in 2011

Sources

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