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Small Craft Advisory 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 15, 2016

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 15, 2016, 8:47 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 15, 2016, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Jan 16, 2016, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 7 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 Jan 15, 2:56 PM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 2:56 PM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 8:15 PM EST, 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
815 PM EST FRI JAN 15 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-
873-876-162045-
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-
815 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016

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

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT.

...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
HIGH SURF WILL CONTINUE IN THE WAKE OF TODAYS STORM SYSTEM. THIS
WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF DEADLY RIP CURRENTS.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
BREEZY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 KNOTS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE
WATERS...WITH HIGH WAVES OF 6 TO 8 FEET IN THE WAKE OF TODAYS
STORM SYSTEM.

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

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY WITH
THIS SYSTEM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...DAMAGING
WINDS...AND PERHAPS ISOLATED TORNADOES.

...RIP CURRENT IMPACT...
AN UNUSUALLY LONG PERIOD OF LARGE SWELL WILL PERSIST AS SEVERAL
STORM SYSTEMS AFFECT THE AREA. THIS WILL MAINTAIN A THREAT OF HIGH
SURF AND RIP CURRENTS INTO THE WEEKEND.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS IS EXPECTED WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM
THAT WILL MOVE OVER THE EASTERN GULF LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WILL BE LIKELY ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF
GALE FORCE WINDS...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS. BOATERS
SHOULD MAKE PLANS TO BE OFF THE WATER DURING THIS TIMEFRAME WHERE
DANGEROUS WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE LIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH THE DAYLIGHT HOURS OF
SATURDAY...BUT MAY BE REQUESTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING.

MROCZKA/AUSTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 16, 4:50 AM EST	Gale Warning	TBW		32 hr
Jan 16, 4:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		47 hr
Jan 16, 2:30 PM EST	Lake Wind Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more	26 hr
Jan 16, 2:30 PM EST	Wind Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more	26 hr
Jan 16, 3:09 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more	31 hr
Jan 16, 3:09 PM EST	High Surf Warning	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	31 hr

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.