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High Surf Advisory 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 26, 20156 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Feb 26, 2015, 3:43 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 26, 2015, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 26, 2015, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 26, 2015, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2015, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 18 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 08:47 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 Feb 26, 3:38 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 26, 3:38 AM EST, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 26, 3:26 AM EST, 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 26, 1:10 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
110 AM EST THU FEB 26 2015

FLZ139-142-239-242-260700-
INLAND LEVY-INLAND CITRUS-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL LEVY-
110 AM EST THU FEB 26 2015

...A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CITRUS AND LEVY
COUNTIES FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS VALID UNTIL
200 AM EST...

AT 107 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR KEY TO 64 MILES WEST OF DUNEDIN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT CEDAR KEY...OTTER
CREEK...BRONSON AND WILLISTON THROUGH THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.

RAPID MOTION OF THESE STORMS WILL PROVIDE AN INCREASED POTENTIAL OF
GUSTY WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH WITH THESE STORMS. THIS CAN CAN CAUSE
UNSECURED OBJECTS TO BLOW AROUND...SNAP TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER
OUTAGES.

&&

LAT...LON 2954 8255 2928 8240 2921 8241 2921 8253
      2905 8253 2898 8233 2882 8222 2870 8229
      2871 8273 2891 8270 2911 8280 2917 8299
      2911 8302 2911 8307 2909 8306 2910 8307
      2926 8309 2929 8316 2940 8303 2959 8294
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 231DEG 57KT 2907 8308 2877 8326
          2822 8379

MJG

Special weather statement, Feb 26, 2:07 AM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 26, 2:24 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 26, 2:24 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 26, 2:26 AM EST, 1 hour 17 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
Feb 25, 10:01 PM EST	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	24 hr
Feb 26, 1:08 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		112 min
Feb 26, 1:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus, Levy	50 min
Feb 26, 1:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TBW	Levy	18 min
Feb 26, 1:50 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		55 min
Feb 26, 2:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Citrus	38 min
Feb 26, 2:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Hernando, Pasco, Sumter	64 min
Feb 26, 2:42 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Feb 26, 3:27 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	TBW		63 min
Feb 26, 4:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	TBW	Polk	35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.