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Lake Wind Advisory 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 22, 201615 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this lake wind advisory at Jan 22, 2016, 4:07 PM EST for 15 counties in Florida. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2016, 4:07 PM EST (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Jan 23, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Sumter County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 12:00Z on 2016-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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 12:00Z on 2016-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 463 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
463 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
539 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this lake wind 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 lake wind advisory went out at Jan 22, 4:05 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:05 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 5:31 AM EST, 10 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
531 AM EST FRI JAN 22 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-
873-876-231045-
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-
531 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS MORNING AND THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING
WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING
STRIKES.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
STRONG WEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL MAKE CONDITIONS
FAVORABLE FOR COASTAL FLOODING TO DEVELOP. HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER
LEVELS COMBINED WITH LARGE SURF WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...ESPECIALLY AT
THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR
LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT
PROPERTY.

...RIP CURRENT AND HIGH SURF IMPACT...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS
STARTING THIS AFTERNOON AND HIGH SURF OF 5 FEET OR
GREATER BEGINNING TONIGHT. HIGH SURF WILL PRODUCE RIP CURRENTS
ALONG AREA BEACHES.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
STRONG WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE GULF
WATERS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT
OPERATORS. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY BUT
INCREASING WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SUPPORT A GALE WARNING ON
GULF WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

...COASTAL FLOOD IMPACT...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY WITH CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
FOR COASTAL FLOODING. COASTAL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LATER
STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS...AND TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT PROPERTY.

...EXCESSIVE COLD IMPACT...
COLD DRY AIR FILTERS IN FOR THE WEENED WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES
ON THE NATURE COAST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY
MORNING...ELSEWHERE WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AT CRITICAL LEVELS.

...RIP CURRENT AND HIGH SURF IMPACT...
STRONG ONSHORE WINDS CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO PART OF SUNDAY...
PRODUCING HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
STRONG WINDS MAINTAIN GALE WARNING AND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH HAZARDOUS BOATING CONDITIONS FOR SMALL
CRAFT OPERATORS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

RUDE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 22, 11:21 AM EST, 4 hours 46 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 12:11 PM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jan 22, 12:42 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 22, 2:05 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 7:40 PM ESTGale WarningTBW50 hr
Jan 22, 4:06 AM ESTCoastal Flood StatementTBWCharlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more42 hr
Jan 22, 4:06 AM ESTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota60 hr
Jan 22, 4:06 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota54 hr
Jan 22, 5:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW47 min
Jan 22, 7:43 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Jan 22, 8:02 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW43 min
Jan 22, 8:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCharlotte, Sarasota30 min
Jan 22, 8:22 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco38 min
Jan 22, 8:27 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Jan 22, 8:42 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Jan 22, 8:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte, DeSoto39 min
Jan 22, 8:56 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter49 min
Jan 22, 9:10 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW50 min
Jan 22, 9:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco46 min
Jan 22, 9:30 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Highlands45 min
Jan 22, 9:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW55 min
Jan 22, 9:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter35 min
Jan 22, 10:02 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningTBWSarasota33 hr
Jan 22, 10:12 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCitrus, Hernando48 min
Jan 22, 10:34 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWPinellas26 min
Jan 22, 10:37 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco38 min
Jan 22, 10:40 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW50 min
Jan 22, 10:58 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas32 min
Jan 22, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough55 min
Jan 22, 11:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWHillsborough15 min
Jan 22, 11:25 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter50 min
Jan 22, 11:28 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW62 min
Jan 22, 11:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk48 min
Jan 22, 12:11 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk34 min
Jan 22, 12:42 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPolk63 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.