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High Surf Advisory 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 24, 20166 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Feb 24, 2016, 4:01 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2016, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 24, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 25, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
In force
30 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 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 43 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 53 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
53 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 24, 12:41 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:41 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 4:01 AM ESTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota63 hr
Feb 24, 6:01 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW59 min
Feb 24, 6:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Feb 24, 7:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus35 min
Feb 24, 7:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW92 min
Feb 24, 8:47 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough43 min
Feb 24, 9:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Feb 24, 9:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee43 min
Feb 24, 9:49 AM ESTTornado WarningTBWPasco, Polk, Sumter11 min
Feb 24, 10:13 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas32 min
Feb 24, 10:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk58 min
Feb 24, 11:08 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW52 min
Feb 24, 11:17 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW28 min
Feb 24, 11:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk27 min
Feb 24, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Feb 24, 12:02 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee28 min
Feb 24, 12:15 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota45 min
Feb 24, 12:30 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWHardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk30 min
Feb 24, 12:31 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota29 min
Feb 24, 12:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota31 min
Feb 24, 1:04 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW86 min
Feb 24, 1:06 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota24 min
Feb 24, 1:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota46 min
Feb 24, 1:36 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto24 min
Feb 24, 2:00 PM ESTTornado WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto30 min
Feb 24, 2:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, DeSoto119 min
Feb 24, 2:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, Lee53 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.