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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this frost advisory at Feb 13, 2014, 3:06 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 14, 2014, 3:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2014, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 14, 2014, 3:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2014, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Citrus County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Levy County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Sumter County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
723 WWUS72 KTBW 132006 NPWTBW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 306 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 FLZ043-142-148-242-248-249-140300- /O.NEW.KTBW.FR.Y.0002.140214T0800Z-140214T1400Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ SUMTER-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES... CRYSTAL RIVER...HOMOSASSA...HERNANDO BEACH...BAYPORT... INVERNESS...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...DADE CITY...ZEPHYRHILLS 306 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * TIMING...WINDS OVER THE LAKE WILL REMAIN STRONG THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. FROST IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. * TEMPERATURE...32 TO 36. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. WIDESPREAD FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NATURE COAST. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 20 TO 29 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR OR ABOVE GALE FORCE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS ON LARGER AREA LAKES WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGE TO...OR FLIP...SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS MAY WISH TO POSTPONE LAKE RELATED ACTIVITIES UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ FLZ139-239-140300- /O.NEW.KTBW.FR.Y.0002.140214T0800Z-140214T1400Z/ COASTAL LEVY-INLAND LEVY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...YANKEETOWN...CHIEFLAND... BRONSON...WILLISTON 306 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY. * TEMPERATURE...32 TO 35. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NATURE COAST. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ FLZ050-052-056-057-061-149-151-155-160-162-165-251-255-260-262- 265-140000- /O.EXT.KTBW.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG... LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK... ARCADIA...PORT RICHEY...HUDSON...TAMPA...APOLLO BEACH... WESTCHASE...BRADENTON...ANNA MARIA ISLAND...VENICE...SARASOTA... ENGLEWOOD...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...CAPTIVA... SANIBEL...BRANDON...PLANT CITY...SUN CITY CENTER...PARRISH... LAKEWOOD RANCH...MYAKKA CITY...NORTH PORT...BABCOCK RANCH... FORT MYERS...LEHIGH ACRES 306 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE 20 TO 29 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO NEAR OR ABOVE GALE FORCE FOR AT LEAST 3 HOURS. WINDS OF THESE MAGNITUDES WILL CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS ON LARGER AREA LAKES WHICH COULD PRODUCE DAMAGE TO...OR FLIP...SMALL PLEASURE CRAFT. OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS MAY WISH TO POSTPONE LAKE RELATED ACTIVITIES UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. && $$
3 follow-up statements
385 WWUS72 KTBW 140000 NPWTBW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 700 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 FLZ043-142-148-242-248-249-141200- /O.CAN.KTBW.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.FR.Y.0002.140214T0800Z-140214T1400Z/ SUMTER-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES... CRYSTAL RIVER...HOMOSASSA...HERNANDO BEACH...BAYPORT... INVERNESS...BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...DADE CITY...ZEPHYRHILLS 700 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. * TEMPERATURE...33 TO 38. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES. WIDESPREAD FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NATURE COAST. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$ FLZ050-052-056-057-061-149-151-155-160-162-165-251-255-260-262- 265-140100- /O.CAN.KTBW.LW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140214T0000Z/ PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLEARWATER...ST. PETERSBURG... LAKELAND...WINTER HAVEN...WAUCHULA...SEBRING...AVON PARK... ARCADIA...PORT RICHEY...HUDSON...TAMPA...APOLLO BEACH... WESTCHASE...BRADENTON...ANNA MARIA ISLAND...VENICE...SARASOTA... ENGLEWOOD...PORT CHARLOTTE...PUNTA GORDA...CAPE CORAL...CAPTIVA... SANIBEL...BRANDON...PLANT CITY...SUN CITY CENTER...PARRISH... LAKEWOOD RANCH...MYAKKA CITY...NORTH PORT...BABCOCK RANCH... FORT MYERS...LEHIGH ACRES 700 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL HAS CANCELLED THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY. THE WINDS HAVE BEGUN TO RELAX. $$ FLZ139-239-141200- /O.CON.KTBW.FR.Y.0002.140214T0800Z-140214T1400Z/ COASTAL LEVY-INLAND LEVY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CEDAR KEY...YANKEETOWN...CHIEFLAND... BRONSON...WILLISTON 700 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURE...32 TO 35. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NATURE COAST. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
897 WWUS72 KTBW 140033 NPWTBW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 733 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 FLZ043-139-142-148-239-242-248-249-141400- /O.CON.KTBW.FR.Y.0002.140214T0800Z-140214T1400Z/ SUMTER-COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-INLAND LEVY- INLAND CITRUS-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...CEDAR KEY... YANKEETOWN...CRYSTAL RIVER...HOMOSASSA...HERNANDO BEACH... BAYPORT...CHIEFLAND...BRONSON...WILLISTON...INVERNESS... BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...DADE CITY...ZEPHYRHILLS 733 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY... * TEMPERATURE...33 TO 38. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD FROST CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NATURE COAST. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED. && $$
404 WWUS72 KTBW 141353 NPWTBW URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL 853 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 FLZ043-139-142-148-239-242-248-249-141500- /O.EXP.KTBW.FR.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140214T1400Z/ SUMTER-COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-INLAND LEVY- INLAND CITRUS-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BUSHNELL...THE VILLAGES...CEDAR KEY... YANKEETOWN...CRYSTAL RIVER...HOMOSASSA...HERNANDO BEACH... BAYPORT...CHIEFLAND...BRONSON...WILLISTON...INVERNESS... BROOKSVILLE...SPRING HILL...DADE CITY...ZEPHYRHILLS 853 AM EST FRI FEB 14 2014 ...FROST ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... TEMPERATURES ARE QUICKLY RISING INTO THE 40S THIS MORNING...THEREFORE THE FROST ADVISORY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this frost 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 frost advisory went out at Feb 13, 2:55 PM EST, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 2:55 PM EST, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
255 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014
.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...
CURRENTLY AT THE SURFACE...THE COLD FRONT WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE
REGION LAST NIGHT IS NOW WELL OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE
STATE...WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO.
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES IN PLACE
ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH RADAR IMAGERY VOID OF ANY
METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS. MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN FOR TONIGHT
REVOLVES AROUND OVERNIGHT LOWS AND FROST/FREEZE POTENTIAL.
TONIGHT...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF WILL BUILD EASTWARD OVER THE
FLORIDA PENINSULA BY DAYBREAK FRIDAY. STRATOCUMULUS WILL QUICKLY
DISSIPATE THIS EVENING...WITH CLEAR SKIES THEN EXPECTED
OVERNIGHT. THE ONGOING BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE THIS
EVENING AS RADIATIVE COOLING ALLOWS THE WINDS TO DECOUPLE. LIGHT
OR CALM WINDS ARE THEN EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT. THIS WILL SET THE
STAGE FOR GOOD RADIATIONAL COOLING...WITH LOWS EXPECTED TO BOTTOM
OUT IN THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE NATURE COAST AND AROUND 40 TO THE
MID 40S ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ZONES AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE
COAST. ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES MAY BRIEFLY TOUCH FREEZING ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE NATURE COAST...WE ARE NOT EXPECTING THE DURATION
TO BE LONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A FREEZE WARNING. FROST ON THE OTHER
HAND SHOULD BE WIDESPREAD FROM PASCO COUNTY NORTHWARD...AND AS A
RESULT WILL ISSUE A FROST ADVISORY FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
FRIDAY...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT SOUTHEASTWARD AND INTO THE ATLANTIC AS A
COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY EARLY FRIDAY
EVENING. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED...WITH TEMPERATURES
MODERATING INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...
THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD INTO THE NATURE COAST BY
DAYBREAK SATURDAY...AND WILL CONTINUE TO QUICKLY SLIDE SOUTHWARD
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY MORNING AND INTO SOUTH FLORIDA
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WON/T BE MUCH IN THE WAY OF RETURN FLOW
MOISTURE IN ADVANCE OF THE COLD FRONT. THAT SAID...THERE SHOULD BE
ENOUGH WHEN COMBINED WITH FAIRLY GOOD MID-LEVEL QG FORCING
ASSOCIATED WITH AN INTENSE SHORTWAVE TROUGH TRACKING THROUGH THE
SOUTHEAST STATES TO GENERATE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AFTER
MIDNIGHT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. AS A RESULT...WILL CARRY
20-30 PERCENT RAIN CHANCES ACROSS THE AREA. IT DOESN/T APPEAR
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL ADD UP TO MUCH...BUT WOULD BE SURPRISED IF
THERE IS NO SHOWER ACTIVITY GIVEN THE GLOBAL MODELS ALL GENERATING
SOME LIGHT QPF AMOUNTS AND THE TENDENCY OF THESE LARGER SCALE
MODELS TO DOWN PLAY RAIN PROBABILITIES WITH THESE TYPES OF
SYSTEMS. OVERNIGHT LOWS FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE MUCH
MILDER...GENERALLY BOTTOMING OUT IN THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.
HIGHS ON SATURDAY ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT IN THE UPPER 60S NORTH
TO MID 70 SOUTH.
&&
.LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT - WEDNESDAY)...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY AFTER
SATURDAYS WEAK REINFORCING FRONT. THE HIGH WILL PUSH EAST AND
MERGE WITH HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING OFF THE MID ATL. MEANWHILE MID-
UPR RIDGE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WRN ATL AS THE NEXT TROUGH DEEPENS
ACROSS THE CEN US. THIS WILL LEAD TO A RELATIVELY STRONG SFC
ATLANTIC HIGH CENTER WITH RIDGING EXTENDING ACROSS FL BY LATE MON
AND THEN REMAINING ACROSS FL/SRN GA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
PERIOD. BASED ON THIS...EXPECT EAST OR SE FLOW BY EARLY WEEK WITH
STRENGTHENING SSE FLOW THROUGH MID WEEK. OF COURSE THIS MEANS
WARMING TEMPERATURES TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS AND GENERALLY SPRING-
LIKE WEATHER NEXT WEEK. MOISTURE INCREASE WILL BE MODEST AND PWS
ARE NOT FORECAST TO EXCEED 1 INCH UNTIL BEYOND THE FORECAST
PERIOD WHEN THE RIDGE AXIS LIFTS NORTH A BIT. THEREFORE...THE NEXT
SIGNIFICANT RAIN CHC IS ALSO WELL BEYOND THIS FORECAST PERIOD.
&&
.AVIATION...
CIGS IMPROVED TO VFR..WITH SOME BORDERLINE 3KFT CIGS MOVING TOWARDS
THE TAMPA BAY TERMINALS. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...EVENTUALLY WEAKENING AFTER SUNSET. WINDS ON
FRIDAY WILL REMAIN MAINLY WESTERLY.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WATERS THIS EVENING AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA. EXPECT A BRIEF LULL IN THE WINDS
ON FRIDAY...BUT THEY SHOULD PICK UP ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF QUIET WEATHER IS THEN EXPECTED OVER THE REGION SATURDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH LATE NEXT WEEK...WITH WINDS AND SEAS
REMAINING BELOW HEADLINE THRESHOLDS.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. A COLD
FRONT WILL THEN APPROACH FROM THE WEST FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVE
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN
BUILD BACK INTO THE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT AND WILL REMAIN THE
DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. CRITICAL
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA ON FRIDAY.
HUMIDITIES WILL REBOUND ON SATURDAY...BUT THEY COULD REACH CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 4 ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
TPA 44 67 54 69 / 0 0 20 30
FMY 45 70 54 75 / 0 0 0 20
GIF 42 68 51 72 / 0 0 10 20
SRQ 43 66 54 70 / 0 0 10 20
BKV 34 68 47 70 / 0 0 30 30
SPG 50 66 57 69 / 0 0 20 30
&&
.TBW WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FL...RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL
CHARLOTTE-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE-COASTAL
MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-PINELLAS.
LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR COASTAL
CHARLOTTE-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL
HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL
PASCO-COASTAL SARASOTA-DESOTO-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-INLAND
CHARLOTTE-INLAND CITRUS-INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND
HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND LEE-INLAND MANATEE-INLAND PASCO-
INLAND SARASOTA-PINELLAS-POLK-SUMTER.
HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE-
COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-PINELLAS.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY FOR COASTAL
CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL LEVY-INLAND CITRUS-
INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND LEVY-INLAND PASCO-SUMTER.
GULF WATERS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM-BONITA BEACH TO
ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS
OUT 20 NM-ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM-TARPON
SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR
CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND-TAMPA BAY
WATERS.
&&
SHORT TERM/MARINE/FIRE WEATHER...JELSEMA
AVIATION...GARCIA
LONG TERM...GITTINGERHazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 7:35 AM EST, 7 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 735 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 FLZ043-050-052-056-057-061-139-142-148-149-151-155-160-162-165- 239-242-248-249-251-255-260-262-265-GMZ830-836-850-853-856-870- 873-876-141245- SUMTER-PINELLAS-POLK-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-DESOTO-COASTAL LEVY- COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS- INLAND HERNANDO-INLAND PASCO-INLAND HILLSBOROUGH-INLAND MANATEE- INLAND SARASOTA-INLAND CHARLOTTE-INLAND LEE-TAMPA BAY WATERS- CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND PINE ISLAND SOUND- 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- 735 AM EST THU FEB 13 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM. LAKE WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR WIND GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH FOR ALL COUNTIES WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LEVY COUNTY THROUGH 5 PM. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR TAMPA BAY...CHARLOTTE HARBOR AND THE NEARSHORE AND OFFSHORE WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO THE SUWANNEE RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. JRJ/MJG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 13, 2:42 PM EST, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
242 PM EST THU FEB 13 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NE FORT MEADE 27.79N 81.75W
02/12/2014 POLK FL COUNTY OFFICIAL
UPDATED...ROOF PORCH BLOWN AWAY BY WINDS ESTIMATED AT 50
MPH BY NWS DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM.
&&
RGARCIAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 7:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Highlands | 39 min |
| Feb 13, 4:03 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more | 15 hr |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.