Alert archive / Florida / High Surf Advisories in 2013
High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Feb 27, 2013, 3:55 AM EST for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 27, 2013, 3:55 AM EST (08:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2013, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2013, 10:46 AM EST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this high surf 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 high surf advisory went out at Feb 26, 3:33 PM EST, 12 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:33 PM EST, 12 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 5:36 AM EST, 22 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 536 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-271000- 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- 536 AM EST TUE FEB 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL CROSS THE AREA TODAY FROM THE NORTHWEST. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE NATURE COAST AND NORTHERN TAMPA BAY REGION. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. AS THE LINE MOVES SOUTH OF THE TAMPA BAY AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THE STORMS WILL BECOME LESS ORGANIZED AND BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE. ...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT... WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER THE WATERS AHEAD OF AND DURING THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST IMPACTS ARE FORECASTED TO OCCUR DURING LOW TIDE...LESSENING THE WOULD BE COASTAL FLOOD RISK. ...WIND AND SEA IMPACT... MARINE WINDS OF AROUND 20 KNOTS OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS TODAY WILL TRANSLATE TO SEAS BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET. WINDS AND SEAS WILL HOLD UP OVERNIGHT...THEN AS WINDS BEGIN TO DROP OFF WEDNESDAY...SEAS WILL LIKEWISE SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. FLEMING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 10:46 AM EST | Beach Hazards Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 10 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.