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Lake Wind Advisory 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Aug 27, 2012, 4:02 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 27, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2012, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 27, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 08:05 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
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
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 Aug 27, 2:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 2:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 5:11 AM EDT, 22 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 511 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-262115- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 511 AM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM DURING THE MORNING WITH COVERAGE INCREASING IN THE AFTERNOON...FROM NUMEROUS IN THE SOUTH TO SCATTERED ACROSS THE FAR NORTH. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. IN ADDITION SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORMS. IF THUNDER IS HEARD OR LIGHTNING IS OBSERVED MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. ...TROPICAL IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM ISAAC OFF THE CUBAN COAST EAST OF HAVANA EARLY THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWEST TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS TRACK MOVES ISAAC INTO THE SOUTHEAST GULF BY EARLY MONDAY WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. THE MAIN THREATS BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT AND ARE...AN INCREASED RISK OF TORNADOES AS RAINBANDS FROM ISAAC REACH THE AREA LATER TODAY....INLAND FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND WORST CASE FLOODING INUNDATION OF UP TO 3 TO 5 FEET EXCEPT 4 TO 7 FEET NORTH OF CRYSTAL RIVER...ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN THE SURGE ZONE. ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONSULT THE LATEST FORECASTS AND GUIDANCE FROM BOTH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN AND THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT ON GULF WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO SUWANNEE...WITH A HURRICANE WARNING 20 TO 60 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF THE COAST BETWEEN BONITA SPRINGS AND ENGLEWOOD. TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH WINDS OF 30 TO 45 KNOTS AND GUSTS TO 50 TO 60 KNOTS. SEAS BUILD TO 10 TO 15 FEET BY TONIGHT WITH BAY AND INLAND WATERS BECOMING VERY ROUGH. THE GULF WATERS UNDER THE HURRICANE WARNING CAN EXPECT WINDS OF 50 TO 60 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS BY LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ...TROPICAL IMPACTS... TROPICAL STORM ISAAC IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE GULF WATERS... OFFSHORE THE WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST...THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THIS UP COMING WEEK. THE MAIN THREATS FROM ISAAC WILL BE... SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES...AN INCREASED RISK OF TORNADOES...INLAND FLOODING WITH A POSSIBLE 5 TO 8 INCHES TOTAL RAINFALL...AND STORM SURGE AND STORMS TIDE WITH WITH WORST CASE FLOOD INUNDATIONS OF 3 TO 5 FEET IN THE SURGE ZONES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. 09/RKR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 4 more | 78 min |
| Aug 27, 9:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 4 days |
| Aug 27, 11:50 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 28 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:50 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 11:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 70 hr | |
| Aug 27, 1:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Highlands | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 1:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 53 min | |
| Aug 27, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 7:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 37 min |
Nearby
Lake Wind Advisories in Florida, 2012Every lake wind advisory in 2012
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.