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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 31, 2011Polk County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2011, 12:53 PM EDT for Polk County, Florida. It was in force for 52 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2011, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2011, 1:45 PM EDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Polk County, FL

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Tampa Bay, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Mar 31, 9:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 9:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
958 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

.UPDATE...BUSY MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA WITH INTENSE
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS SPAWNING MULTIPLE TORNADOES. THE GRIDS WILL
ONLY BE UPDATED FOR MAJOR CHANGES SUCH AS ANY CHANGES TO OUR
WATCHES.

EXPECT THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH AT
LEAST MID AFTERNOON BEFORE A COLD FRONT PUSHES THE ACTIVITY OUT TO
THE EAST.

&&

.AVIATION...
STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION REMAINING NORTH OF THE TERMINAL SITES
EARLY THIS MORNING WITH A SOUTHWARD PROGRESSION NOTED IN RADAR
DATA. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS AT PIE-TPA-SRQ
LATER THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SRQ AND FMY-RSW WILL
SEE AN INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MID-LATER AFTERNOON AS THE
FRONTAL SYSTEM PUSHES SOUTH AND EAST...OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED OVER SOUTHERN TERMINALS THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON.

&&

.MARINE...HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS EXIST OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS...SOME SEVERE...WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. THE ACTIVITY HAS BEEN PRIMARILY
NORTH OF TARPON SPRINGS BUT WILL SOON MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE WATERS.

&&

.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

FL...NONE.
GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING
     FOR ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON
     SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO
     SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT
     20 TO 60 NM.

&&

UPDATE/MARINE...JILLSON
AVIATION...LAMARRE

Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 5:52 AM EDT, 7 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
552 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-312200-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
552 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY BRINGING
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG
TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO.
OTHERWISE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DEADLY LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL RESULTING IN MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
MODERATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. 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.

IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER.
FORMAL ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

CARLISLE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:31 PM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 31, 12:53 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 31, 12:53 PM EDT, 0 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
Mar 30, 8:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Mar 31, 1:06 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		54 min
Mar 31, 4:50 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		17 hr
Mar 31, 5:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		58 min
Mar 31, 6:10 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hernando, Pasco	50 min
Mar 31, 6:23 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	52 min
Mar 31, 6:43 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		62 min
Mar 31, 7:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	45 min
Mar 31, 7:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	45 min
Mar 31, 7:49 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		26 min
Mar 31, 7:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	52 min
Mar 31, 8:24 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	51 min
Mar 31, 8:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Levy	52 min
Mar 31, 8:47 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		58 min
Mar 31, 8:57 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk	33 min
Mar 31, 9:13 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		92 min
Mar 31, 9:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus, Hernando	46 min
Mar 31, 9:26 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		94 min
Mar 31, 9:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	19 min
Mar 31, 9:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando, Sumter	39 min
Mar 31, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Polk, Sumter	113 min
Mar 31, 9:39 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Levy	51 min
Mar 31, 9:44 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Citrus, Hernando, Sumter	31 min
Mar 31, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		51 min
Mar 31, 10:14 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hernando, Sumter	31 min
Mar 31, 10:29 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Pinellas	61 min
Mar 31, 10:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus	38 min
Mar 31, 10:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		23 min
Mar 31, 11:09 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		66 min
Mar 31, 11:14 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	46 min
Mar 31, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas	38 min
Mar 31, 11:35 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	40 min
Mar 31, 11:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	88 min
Mar 31, 11:51 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	39 min
Mar 31, 11:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Polk	33 min
Mar 31, 12:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		59 min
Mar 31, 12:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Manatee	44 min
Mar 31, 12:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	50 min
Mar 31, 12:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	TBW	Polk	32 min
Mar 31, 12:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	TBW	Polk	59 min
Mar 31, 12:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Polk	22 min
Mar 31, 12:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas	35 min
Mar 31, 12:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Mar 31, 1:02 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		118 min
Mar 31, 1:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk	2 hr
Mar 31, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Manatee	31 min
Mar 31, 1:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hillsborough, Pinellas	41 min
Mar 31, 2:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	44 min
Mar 31, 2:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	46 min
Mar 31, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		57 min
Mar 31, 3:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando, Sumter	47 min
Mar 31, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	44 min
Mar 31, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		12 min
Mar 31, 3:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Pasco	7 days
Mar 31, 3:21 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	TBW	Hillsborough	3 days
Mar 31, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		115 min
Mar 31, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee, Polk	63 min
Mar 31, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota	36 min
Mar 31, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Manatee, Sarasota	24 min
Mar 31, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		57 min
Mar 31, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota	53 min
Mar 31, 6:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas	29 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		61 min
Mar 31, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		58 min
Mar 31, 7:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Charlotte	50 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.