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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 30, 202615 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this wind advisory at Jan 30, 2026, 11:35 AM EST for 15 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 31, 2026, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2026, 11:35 AM EST (16:35 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 31, 2026, 3:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 1, 2026, 7:00 AM EST
In force
16 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 16:35 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

Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-01-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 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, Cape Canaveral, FL at 12:00Z on 2026-01-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 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 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 30, 6:43 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 30, 6:43 AM EST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 9:33 PM ESTFrost AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy10 hr
Jan 30, 10:49 AM ESTGale WarningTBW47 hr
Jan 30, 11:35 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota46 hr
Jan 30, 11:35 AM ESTExtreme Cold WarningTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 6 more46 hr
Jan 30, 11:35 AM ESTFreeze WarningTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more46 hr

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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.