Severe Weather

Severe weather isn’t out of the ordinary for Tampa Bay. This page collects information from various sources to provide a “situational awareness” into the current weather conditions.

SKYWARN^®

The purpose of the SKYWARN^® program in Pinellas County Florida is to provide the National Weather Service (NWS) Forecast Office at Tampa Bay with timely and accurate reports of severe weather phenomena so that a timely warning can be issued to the public of dangerous weather conditions that include tornadoes, hail, flooding, and damaging thunderstorm winds.

Detailed information about SKYWARN^® operations in Pinellas County can be found in the Pinellas County ACS/ARES^® SKYWARN^® Operations Plan and Standard Operating Procedures document.

Current Pinellas County Severe Weather Alerts

Special Weather Statement issued July 14 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
from NWS

At 700 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported a strong thunderstorm over Bay Pines, or near Seminole. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph. SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, Seminole, St. Petersburg, St. Pete Beach, Bay Pines, [...]

Sun, Jul 14, 2024, Continue reading at the source

Please be sure to check the NWS Tampa Bay Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook daily. It’s an extremely useful to check daily. It presents a graphical view of likelihood of various types of severe weather. If you have a weather radio, Pinellas is covered by two transmitters and Pinellas has a “Specific Area Message Encoding” (SAME code) of 012103.

Largo Marine – 162.450 MHz
Tampa Bay – 162.550 MHz

National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center’s Latest Content

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MD 1639 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY FOR FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN INTO CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS Mesoscale Discussion 1639 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0606 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...Far southeast Wisconsin into central and northeast Illinois Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 152306Z - 160100Z Probability of [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 540 Status Reports

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WW 0540 Status Updates STATUS FOR WATCH 0540 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 540

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WW 540 SEVERE TSTM NY 152300Z - 160400Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 540 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 700 PM EDT Mon Jul 15 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Eastern New [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

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MD 1638 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 539... FOR CENTRAL IOWA INTO NORTHWEST ILLINOIS Mesoscale Discussion 1638 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0526 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...Central Iowa into northwest Illinois Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 539... Valid 152226Z - 160030Z The severe weather threat for Severe [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

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MD 1637 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 538... FOR NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL TO EASTERN NEW YORK Mesoscale Discussion 1637 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0436 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...Northeast Pennsylvania and central to eastern New York Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 538... Valid 152136Z - 152330Z The [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

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MD 1635 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR EASTERN CO/WY...SOUTHWEST SD...NE PANHANDLE...EXTREME NORTHWEST KS Mesoscale Discussion 1635 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0349 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...Eastern CO/WY...southwest SD...NE Panhandle...extreme northwest KS Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 152049Z - 152215Z Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...Isolated severe [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

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MD 1636 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA Mesoscale Discussion 1636 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0350 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...portions of southeastern Arizona Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 152050Z - 152315Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...Thunderstorms are expected to increase [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

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MD 1634 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 538... FOR WESTERN NY INTO NORTH-CENTRAL PA Mesoscale Discussion 1634 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0321 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...Western NY into north-central PA Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 538... Valid 152021Z - 152145Z The severe weather threat for Severe [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

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MD 1633 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA...NORTHERN WISCONSIN...AND THE MICHIGAN UPPER PENINSULA Mesoscale Discussion 1633 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0306 PM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 Areas affected...Eastern Minnesota...Northern Wisconsin...and the Michigan Upper Peninsula Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 152006Z - 152200Z Probability of Watch Issuance...20 [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 539 Status Reports

WW 0539 Status Image

WW 0539 Status Updates STATUS FOR WATCH 0539 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook

NHC Eastern North Pacific Outlook
from nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov (NHC Webmaster)

Eastern North Pacific 2-Day Graphical Outlook Image

ZCZC MIATWOEP ALLTTAA00 KNHC DDHHMMTropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL1100 AM PDT Mon Jul 15 2024For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:1. Central and Western East Pacific: A tropical wave currently producing a large area of showers and thunderstorms is anticipated to merge with an [...]

Mon, Jul 15, 2024, Continue reading at the source

CPHC Central North Pacific Outlook
from nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov (NHC Webmaster)

Central North Pacific 2-Day Graphical Outlook Image

ZCZC HFOTWOCP ALL TTAA00 PHFO DDHHMM Tropical Weather Outlook NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI 200 AM HST Sat Jul 13 2024 For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W: No tropical cyclones are expected during the next 7 days. $$ Forecaster Bohlin NNNN [...]

Sat, Jul 13, 2024, Continue reading at the source

NHC Atlantic Outlook
from nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov (NHC Webmaster)

Atlantic 2-Day Graphical Outlook Image

ZCZC MIATWOAT ALLTTAA00 KNHC DDHHMMTropical Weather OutlookNWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL800 AM EDT Wed Jul 10 2024For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:Active Systems: The Weather Prediction Center is issuing advisories on Post-Tropical Cyclone Beryl, located inland near the Indiana/Ohio border. 1. Off the Southeastern U.S. [...]

Wed, Jul 10, 2024, Continue reading at the source

Useful links

ACS – Pinellas County: Pinellas County ACS Home Page

ACS/ARES® aresdb Database: http://www.aresdb.com/

Become a rain observer: http://www.cocoRahs.org

Become an ambassador: http://weather.gov/tampa/wrn

Emergency Managers Weather Information Network — https://www.weather.gov/emwin/

Facebook – NWS Tampa Bay: https://www.facebook.com/NWSTampaBay/

Hurricane Guide: http://www.pinellascounty.org/emergency/default.htm#hurricaneguide

Mike’s Weather Page: https://spaghettimodels.com/

National Hurricane Center Amateur Radio Station – WX4NHC:https://w4ehw.fiu.edu/

National Hurricane Center: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

National Weather Service: https://www.weather.gov/

NWS Radar: https://radar.weather.gov/

NWS Ruskin SKYWARN® Amateur Radio Station: https://www.weather.gov/tbw/wx4tor

NWS Ruskin SKYWARN® Page: http://weather.gov/tampa/skywarn

Sign up for weather alerts: http://AlertFlorida.com

Storm Prediction Center: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/

Tampa Bay Graphical Hazardous Weather Outlook: https://www.weather.gov/tbw/ghwo

Training – Spotter Network: http://SpotterNetwork.org

Training – MetED: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/education_training/course/23

Tropical Cyclone Guidance Project: http://hurricanes.ral.ucar.edu/realtime/current/

Twitter – NWS Tampa Bay: https://twitter.com/nwstampabay

VoIP SKYWARN®/Hurricane Net: http://voipwx.net/

Weather Spotter’s Field Guide: https://go.usa.gov/xnDYC

Windy.com: https://www.windy.com/

11 July, 2022

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