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Gale Watch 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 7, 2016

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this gale watch at Feb 7, 2016, 4:32 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2016, 4:32 AM EST (09:32 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 8, 2016, 4:48 AM EST
In force
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale watch 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 gale watch went out at Feb 6, 9:23 PM EST, 7 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:23 PM EST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 5:25 AM EST, 23 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
525 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2016

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-
873-876-070300-
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-
COASTAL WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD FL OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
525 AM EST SAT FEB 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT BACK TO AROUND 20 KNOTS
WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING THEN
WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE INTO MONDAY. HOWEVER...MONDAY NIGHT
AND TUESDAY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORY LEVELS WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE ANTICIPATED AS ANOTHER
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

PRC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 7:22 PM ESTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota5 days

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.