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Small Craft Advisory 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 15, 2014

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this small craft advisory at May 15, 2014, 4:49 AM EDT. It took effect at May 15, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2014, 4:49 AM EDT (08:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 15, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 16, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at May 15, 3:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 4:41 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
441 AM EDT THU MAY 15 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-
873-876-160845-
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-
441 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY....AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION. THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS... AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
WIND SPEEDS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BUILD TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS
WITH SEAS INCREASING TO 7 TO 9 FEET LATE TONIGHT...CREATING
HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS. HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...AS HIGH PRESSURE
BUILDS IN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS
A DRY AIR MASS MOVES IN BEHIND A COLD FRONT. SEVERAL HOURS OF
CRITICALLY DRY RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED BOTH
DAYS...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS APPROACHING 15 MPH ON FRIDAY.
HOWEVER...ERC VALUES WILL LIKELY BE LOW ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE A RED
FLAG WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

FLEMING

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 15, 11:52 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLevy23 min
May 15, 4:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWPolk92 min
May 15, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWOsceola32 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.