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High Surf Advisory 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 5, 20206 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this high surf advisory at Jun 5, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 6, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 6, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 8, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
48 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 15:43 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

Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2261 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, Miami, FL at 12:00Z on 2020-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 5, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 8:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 10:59 AM EDTStorm Surge WatchTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy24 hr
Jun 5, 11:43 AM EDTCoastal Flood StatementTBWCharlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more63 hr
Jun 5, 11:43 AM EDTRip Current StatementTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota3 days
Jun 5, 1:32 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW3 days
Jun 5, 2:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee28 min
Jun 5, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte33 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW25 min
Jun 5, 3:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW31 min
Jun 5, 3:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWCharlotte44 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto, Highlands45 min
Jun 5, 3:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Manatee, Sarasota95 min
Jun 5, 4:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWDeSoto57 min

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in Florida, 2020Every high surf advisory in 2020

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.