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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 5, 2013Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at May 5, 2013, 10:25 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2013, 10:25 AM EDT (14:25 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 10 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 14:28 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 May 5, 10:03 AM EDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 10:03 AM EDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 5:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 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
May 5, 4:01 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	TBW		16 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2013 Every high surf advisory in 2013

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.