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Small Craft Advisory 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 4, 2015

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this small craft advisory at Feb 4, 2015, 3:54 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2015, 3:54 PM EST (20:54 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2015, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 6, 2015, 3:52 AM EST
In force
27 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 Feb 4, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:36 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 3:11 AM EST, 12 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
311 AM EST WED FEB 4 2015

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-
873-876-042100-
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-
311 AM EST WED FEB 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A UPPER-LEVEL SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW AND COLD FRONT
WILL BRING A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TONIGHT AND EARLY
THURSDAY. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
TO BECOME STRONG...ESPECIALLY OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO AND
ALONG THE COAST TO THE SOUTH OF TAMPA BAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME
NO WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS EXPECTED.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE ALONG OUR BEACHES TONIGHT AS THE NEXT
FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
PERIODS OF CAUTIONARY LEVEL WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERN
GULF OF MEXICO LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PASSES
THROUGH THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
ELEVATED WINDS AND SEAS TO ADVISORY LEVELS AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED
FOR THURSDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT...AND EARLY FRIDAY. WINDS AND SEAS
WILL DIMINISH INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS
OVER THE REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

MROCZKA

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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.