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Lake Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Jan 26, 2011, 3:29 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 26, 2011, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2011, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2011, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2011, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 455 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake wind 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 lake wind advisory went out at Jan 26, 3:07 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 3:07 AM EST, 22 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 510 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-252215- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 510 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER TRACKS ALONG THE GULF COAST AND THEN ACROSS NORTH FLORIDA TONIGHT...WITH A COLD FRONT SWEEPING INTO THE EAST GULF AND THEN CROSSING THE STATE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. THE TIME OF GREATEST THREAT WILL BE LATER THIS AFTERNOON BUT...AS A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED FORM THE IN THE EAST GULF AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIDESPREAD RAIN RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. STORMS WILL BE ENDING LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY. SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS ON THE GULF WILL PRODUCE SURF UP TO 5 TO 6 FEET THIS AFTERNOON WITH DANGEROUSLY STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST. A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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 WILL BE EFFECT FOR SOUTH WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS TODAY THAT SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS...WITH SEAS UP TO 7 FEET... TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES BY TO THE NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS AS HIGH AS 7 TO 8 FEET. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. 09/RKR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 25, 10:03 PM EST, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 7:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 90 min | |
| Jan 25, 7:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Jan 25, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee | 27 min |
| Jan 25, 7:33 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Highlands | 57 min |
| Jan 25, 7:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 45 min |
| Jan 25, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.