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High Surf Advisory 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 12, 20146 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Mar 12, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 13, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2014, 4:03 PM EDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2014, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2014, 9:53 PM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 Mar 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 4:02 PM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 5:38 AM EDT, 10 hours 25 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
Mar 12, 4:41 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more	14 hr
Mar 12, 5:09 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		41 hr
Mar 12, 5:33 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	40 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2014 Every high surf advisory in 2014

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.