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Small Craft Advisory 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 5, 2011

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this small craft advisory at Apr 5, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2011, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 5, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 2:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 4:30 AM EDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
430 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-052230-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
430 AM EDT TUE APR 5 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING AND
AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE AREA. STORMS TODAY
WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...DEADLY
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.
TREES...POWER LINES...AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS WILL BE
MOST AT RISK. THE THREAT WILL START DIMINISH NORTH TO SOUTH BY EARLY
AFTERNOON.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
STRONG WEST WINDS TODAY WILL PRODUCE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT
AREA BEACHES.

IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY
TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL
THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT
PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS.
THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
STRONG STORMS...SOME BECOMING SEVERE...WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS...POSSIBLY OVER GALE FORCE...WITH DEADLY
LIGHTNING...HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. ISOLATED WATER SPOUTS WILL
BE POSSIBLE AS WELL. AHEAD OF THE STORMS...STRONG GRADIENT FLOW
OVER 20 KNOTS WILL POSE A RISK TO BOATERS TODAY. AS SUCH...A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED.

BARRON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 5, 10:53 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:04 AM EDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 11:07 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 11:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 5, 1:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 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
Apr 4, 10:04 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		18 hr
Apr 5, 5:43 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	47 min
Apr 5, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		58 min
Apr 5, 6:31 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	44 min
Apr 5, 6:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		62 min
Apr 5, 7:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Levy, Sumter	48 min
Apr 5, 7:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		85 min
Apr 5, 7:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Sumter	47 min
Apr 5, 7:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	43 min
Apr 5, 7:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Citrus, Sumter	36 min
Apr 5, 8:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando, Pasco, Polk, Sumter	30 min
Apr 5, 8:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		96 min
Apr 5, 8:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	45 min
Apr 5, 8:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk and 1 more	48 min
Apr 5, 9:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Polk, Sarasota	59 min
Apr 5, 9:53 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		67 min
Apr 5, 10:33 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands	42 min
Apr 5, 10:56 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		64 min
Apr 5, 11:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Highlands, Lee	38 min

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Small Craft Advisories in Florida, 2011 Every small craft advisory in 2011

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