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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Mar 18, 2014, 5:05 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2014, 5:05 AM EDT (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 18, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 09:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 354 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
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 17, 4:22 PM EDT, 12 hours 43 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:22 PM EDT, 12 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 5:36 AM EDT, 23 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 536 AM EDT MON MAR 17 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- 873-876-180945- 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- 536 AM EDT MON MAR 17 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THAT WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. THESE STORMS WILL PUSH ACROSS THE NATURE COAST DURING EARLY MORNING...REACH THE TAMPA BAY AREA MID TO LATE MORNING AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. ...WIND IMPACT... STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON AREA LAKES...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-4 CORRIDOR. A LAKE WIND ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... HIGH WINDS AND SEAS ON THE GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN HIGH SURF THAT WILL PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TONIGHT. ...MARINE IMPACTS... SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT TO AROUND 20 KNOTS RANGE...WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS...TODAY WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ON COASTAL WATERS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ON GULF WATERS SOUTH OF TARPON SPRINGS...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION ELSEWHERE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT... ON TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. ...RIP CURRENT IMPACT... TUESDAY HIGH SURF WILL MAY PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER AND SELF ACTIVATE IF NEEDED. RUDE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 1:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 49 min |
Nearby
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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.