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Small Craft Advisory 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 6, 2017

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this small craft advisory at Jan 6, 2017, 2:59 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 7, 2017, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 52 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 6, 2017, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2017, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2017, 9:31 AM EST
In force: 52 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 6, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 1:46 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 5:10 AM EST, 9 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
510 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2017

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-
873-876-062215-
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-
510 AM EST FRI JAN 6 2017

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...DENSE FOG/SMOKE IMPACT...
LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. SEA FOG MAY DEVELOP
OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AND MOVE INTO COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE
PLENTY OF DISTANCE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

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

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION LATE FRIDAY INTO
SATURDAY. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY ACCOMPANY THE FRONT,
ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING.

...MARINE IMPACTS...
GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL FOLLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE
COLD FRONT FOR SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES
WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

WYNN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 6, 3:03 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee, Manatee, Sarasota	7 hr
Jan 6, 7:56 AM EST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TBW		3 hr
Jan 6, 2:59 PM EST	Gale Watch	TBW		15 hr
Jan 6, 3:00 PM EST	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	52 hr
Jan 6, 3:00 PM EST	High Surf Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	52 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.