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Small Craft Advisory 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 11, 2011

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this small craft advisory at Feb 11, 2011, 1:48 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 11, 2011, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2011, 1:48 PM EST (18:48 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 11, 2011, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 12, 2011, 4:25 PM EST
In force: 19 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 Feb 11, 1:45 PM EST, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 1:45 PM EST, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 4:24 AM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
424 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-112130-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
424 AM EST FRI FEB 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WITH WINDS
ON GULF WATERS 20 OR MORE NAUTICAL MILES OFFSHORE BECOMING AROUND
20 KNOTS...MAKING A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LIKELY FOR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN AND DOMINATES THE GULF REGION WITH DRY
CONDITIONS UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FOR MOST OF NEXT WEEK.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
ABUNDANT DRY AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND RESULTS IN
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AT OR BELOW CRITICAL VALUES...PROVIDING
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE SPREAD OF WILD FIRES. A RED FLAG
WARNING IS IN EFFECT SATURDAY WITH A FIRE WEATHER WATCH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

09/RKR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 11, 5:20 AM EST	Fire Weather Watch	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	32 hr
Feb 11, 5:20 AM EST	Red Flag Warning	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter	37 hr
Feb 11, 1:48 PM EST	Freeze Watch	TBW	Sumter	12 hr

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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.