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Lake Wind Advisory 18, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Dec 26, 2012, 4:37 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 26, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2012, 4:37 AM EST (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 09:37 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, 9.6 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -437 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Dec 26, 4:23 AM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 4:23 AM EST, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 4:26 AM EST, 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 426 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-270000- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DESOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM- 426 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CROSS THE FORECAST AREA TODAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS DURING THE MORNING HOURS...ESPECIALLY TO THE NORTH OF TAMPA BAY. THE THREAT FOR ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS LOOKS TO DIMINISH INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE FORECAST WATERS OF THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE ON SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE ON THE STRONG SIDE...HOWEVER WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... A PERIOD OF CAUTIONARY TO ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS AND SEAS IS EXPECTED OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE REQUIRED TODAY...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS TODAY WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 5:50 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 37 hr |
| Dec 26, 9:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 8 min |
| Dec 26, 11:13 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 min | |
| Dec 26, 11:45 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 45 min | |
| Dec 26, 3:05 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 16 hr |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.