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Lake Wind Advisory 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Mar 4, 2012, 11:03 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 4, 2012, 11:03 AM EST (16:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2012, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 7 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 nearest sounding before it
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 270 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
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 Mar 4, 10:32 AM EST, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 10:32 AM EST, 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 511 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-042300- LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK- MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 511 AM EST SUN MAR 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...HIGH WIND IMPACT... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BLOW LOOSE OBJECTS ABOUT AND WILL BUFFET HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WHEN CROSSING ELEVATED ROADWAYS SUCH AS CAUSEWAYS. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE BOATING ON THE INLAND LAKES AND WATERWAYS VERY DANGEROUS. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE WILL PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST AND AREA BEACHES TODAY. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. PEOPLE VISITING THE BEACH SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE HIGH SURF. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE WILL HELP TO BUILDS SEAS INTO THE 6 TO 8 FOOT RANGE NEAR SHORE AND 8 TO 10 FEET OFFSHORE TODAY THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND ELEVATED SEAS WILL PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. FISHERMEN AND OTHER SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS MAY WANT TO POSTPONE TRIPS INTO THE GULF UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY. ...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... A MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. THE DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 35 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS TODAY. THESE LOW HUMIDITY VALUES COMBINED WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE INSTANTANEOUS RED FLAG CONDITIONS...AND A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. ...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT... VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA ON MONDAY AND THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEK. THIS DRY AIR WILL AGAIN SUPPORT LONG DURATIONS OF HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 35 PERCENT OVER THE REGION DURING MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. WINDS SHOULD BE MUCH LIGHTER BOTH DAYS...SO RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT THE DRY AIR WILL KEEP THE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ELEVATED THROUGH THE PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. MCMICHAEL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 4, 5:46 AM EST, 5 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Mar 4, 3:18 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Mar 4, 3:30 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco | 60 min |
| Mar 4, 4:10 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 7 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:19 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 18 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:27 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas | 63 min |
| Mar 4, 5:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Mar 4, 5:17 AM EST | Red Flag Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 13 hr |
| Mar 4, 5:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Manatee, Polk | 59 min |
| Mar 4, 5:54 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.