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High Surf Advisory 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

April 18, 20196 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Apr 18, 2019, 4:20 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 19, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2019, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2019, 10:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2019, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 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 08:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Apr 18, 1:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 1:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 4:20 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Watch	TBW	Citrus, Levy	14 hr
Apr 18, 4:20 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco and 2 more	38 hr
Apr 18, 4:20 AM EDT	Rip Current Statement	TBW	Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota	4 days
Apr 18, 4:21 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	TBW	Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more	39 hr
Apr 18, 4:32 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	TBW		69 hr
Apr 18, 6:35 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Warning	TBW	Citrus, Levy	23 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.