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Special Weather Statement, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

August 7, 2013Hillsborough County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 6:39 PM EDT for Hillsborough County, Florida. It was in force for 51 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: Aug 7, 2013, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2013, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Hillsborough County, FL

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The text

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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 Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:13 AM EDT, 13 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
513 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-080000-
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-
513 AM EDT WED AUG 7 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WITH EASTERLY WINDS WILL LEAD TO
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE INTERIOR
IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND MOVING TOWARDS THE WEST COAST DURING
THE MID TO LATE PART OF THE AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST THREATS WILL
BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...GUSTY WINDS OF UP TO 50 MPH...AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

...WATERSPOUT IMPACT...
WEAK WINDS ALOFT AND DEEP MOISTURE WILL SUPPORT A RISK OF
WATERSPOUTS THIS AFTERNOON. MARINERS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
WATERSPOUTS AND BE READY TO SEEK A SAFE HARBOR IF NECESSARY.

...RIVER FLOOD IMPACT...
THE MANATEE RIVER NEAR MYAKKA HEAD WILL EXCEED FLOOD STAGE LATER
THIS MORNING. SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
AMPLE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY ALONG SEA BREEZE AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL
HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

FLEMING

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 7, 5:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 6:39 PM EDT, 0 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
Aug 7, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	25 min
Aug 7, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Manatee	50 min
Aug 7, 6:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota	57 min
Aug 7, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		56 min
Aug 7, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Pinellas	48 min
Aug 7, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	TBW		59 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Florida, 2013 Every special weather statement 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.