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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2013, 1:21 PM EDT for Hardee County, Florida. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2013, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Hardee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 9:59 AM EDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 959 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 .DISCUSSION... THIS MORNINGS SOUNDING SHOWS 25 KT OF WIND IN THE LOWER LEVELS FROM THE SOUTHEAST. THE STEERING FLOW WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST TODAY. THE INSTABILITY FROM THE SOUNDING WAS SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. SHOWERS AND SMALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY POPPING OVER SOUTH FLORIDA. MOST OTHER LOCATIONS HAVE LITTLE CLOUDINESS. EXPECT THE STORMS TO THE SOUTH TO PROPAGATE NORTHWARD THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. MOST SURFACE LOCATIONS ARE SHOWING AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW. WITH THOSE AMBIENT WINDS THE WEST COAST AREA WILL ONLY EXPERIENCE A WEAK AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE THAT IS PINNED ALONG THE WEST COAST WHERE THE HIGHEST CHANCES WILL BE FOCUSED. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING && .AVIATION... SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. VFR THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS WITH POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR/LIFR. TIMING TOO UNCERTAIN FOR TEMPO GROUPS AT THIS TIME. && .MARINE... AN SCEC IS IN PLACE FOR THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS LATER THIS MORNING. EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH AN AFTERNOON SEA BREEZE NEAR THE COAST. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY AND WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO EARLY SATURDAY. && .TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FL...NONE. GULF WATERS...NONE. && CP/EJ
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:54 AM EDT, 8 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 454 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870- 873-876-052100- 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- 454 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST CHANCES CLOSER TO THE COAST. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS REMAIN A POSSIBILITY. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT... A FEW RIVERS REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TODAY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD EXACERBATE CONDITIONS AND CAUSE A FURTHER INCREASE IN WATER LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES. HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. CARLISLE
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:42 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 121 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 FLZ052-055-056-061-051800- DE SOTO-HARDEE-POLK-MANATEE- 121 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HARDEE...NORTHWESTERN DESOTO... SOUTHEASTERN MANATEE AND SOUTHWESTERN POLK COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT MEADE TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PINE LEVEL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF AVON PARK TO 11 MILES WEST OF ARCADIA...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH...WILL AFFECT ZOLFO SPRINGS...LIMESTONE... WAUCHULA AND ONA...UNTIL 200 PM EDT. GUSTY WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL OCCUR. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS EXPECTED. TO BE SAFE GO INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND A LOW SPOT...AND STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS. TORRENTIAL RAINS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AND WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. && LAT...LON 2773 8151 2719 8193 2731 8224 2788 8191 TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 113DEG 22KT 2770 8166 2719 8206
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 4, 9:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | TBW | 7 hr | |
| Jul 5, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 1:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Jul 5, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 40 min | |
| Jul 5, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 2:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Jul 5, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Jul 5, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 58 min | |
| Jul 5, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.