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Lake Wind Advisory 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 26, 20116 counties in Florida

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-01-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 455 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Canaveral, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-01-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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, Jan 25, 5:10 AM EST, 22 hours 19 minutes before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 25, 7:00 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW90 min
Jan 25, 7:01 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Manatee, Sarasota29 min
Jan 25, 7:18 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee27 min
Jan 25, 7:33 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWDeSoto, Highlands57 min
Jan 25, 7:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee45 min
Jan 25, 8:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Lee43 min

Nearby

Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2011Every lake wind advisory in 2011

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.