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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

September 5, 2011Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Sep 5, 2011, 7:57 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 5, 2011, 7:57 AM EDT (11:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 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 11:58 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Sep 5, 2:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:56 AM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 5:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
516 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-060000-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
516 AM EDT MON SEP 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HEAVY
RAINFALL WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME STREET AND URBAN FLOODING.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS 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 ALL COASTAL AND BAY WATERS
TODAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO 25 KNOTS OVER
MOST LOCATIONS TODAY. HIGHER GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY AS A
FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NORTH. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN
HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS.

...HIGH WIND IMPACT...
ON TUESDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO AROUND 20 MPH
SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
STRONG SUSTAINED SOUTH WINDS WILL CAUSE WATER LEVELS ALONG THE
LEVY AND CITRUS COUNTY COASTS TO INCREASE...AND BY TUESDAY WATER
LEVELS WILL LIKELY BE AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL AT HIGH TIDE IN
THE MORNING.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
THE INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AS
STRONG SOUTH WINDS CONTINUE AT AREA BEACHES.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER COASTAL AND BAY
WATERS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

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

MCNATT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 8:37 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	TBW		39 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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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.