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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 8, 20166 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Feb 8, 2016, 4:47 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 8, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 8, 2016, 4:47 AM EST (09:47 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 8, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 10, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
In force: 45 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 09:51 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.

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 7, 8:49 PM EST, 7 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 8:49 PM EST, 7 hours 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 5:55 AM EST, 22 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
555 AM EST SUN FEB 7 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-
873-876-080300-
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-
555 AM EST SUN FEB 7 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH NORTHERLY
WINDS AROUND 20 KNOTS. WINDS AND SEAS WILL SUBSIDE TONIGHT INTO
EARLY MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WITH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
CONDITIONS...POSSIBLY GALE FORCE WINDS...DEVELOPING. THESE WINDS
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS.

.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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 8, 4:48 AM EST	Gale Warning	TBW		34 hr
Feb 8, 10:08 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		53 hr
Feb 8, 3:30 PM EST	Freeze Watch	TBW	Levy	13 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2016 Every high surf advisory in 2016

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.