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
Rip Current Statement issued March 27 at 7:50PM EDT until March 29 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
from NWS
from NWS
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee,
Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties.
* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday morning.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water. [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Rip Current Statement issued March 23 at 8:09PM EDT until March 24 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
from NWS
from NWS
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee,
Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties.
* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water. [...]
Sat, Mar 23, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Rip Current Statement issued March 22 at 3:24AM EDT until March 24 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
from NWS
from NWS
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.
* WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee,
Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties.
* WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Sunday evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water. [...]
Fri, Mar 22, 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
SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1232 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024
Valid 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms are not expected.
...Discussion...
Offshore flow will dominate the Gulf/Atlantic Coasts during the day1
period as the primary [...]
Thu, Mar 28, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0739 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Valid 280100Z - 281200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF
THE SOUTHEAST...
...SUMMARY...
A marginal risk of severe hail and damaging winds persists [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0443 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Valid 291200Z - 041200Z
Strong but predominately zonal mid-level flow is expected across the
western US to start the extended [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0311 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...FAR SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA
Mesoscale Discussion 0311
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0322 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Areas affected...northern FLORIDA Peninsula...southeastern
Georgia...eastern South Carolina...far southern North Carolina
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 272022Z - [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0239 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Valid 281200Z - 291200Z
...20z Update...
Despite recent light precipitation including snow, rapidly warming
temperatures and a switch to southerly winds [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0310 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
Mesoscale Discussion 0310
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0152 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Areas affected...parts of central Texas
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 271852Z - 272115Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent
SUMMARY...The risk for a few [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0309 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA
Mesoscale Discussion 0309
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1253 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Areas affected...portions of the central Florida Peninsula
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 271753Z - 271900Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent
SUMMARY...A [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook
Day 2 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1228 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Valid 281200Z - 291200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Severe thunderstorms are not expected on Thursday.
...Synopsis...
A deep upper-level trough is forecast to move eastward across the
eastern [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1151 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Valid 271700Z - 281200Z
...NO CRITICAL AREAS...
...17z Update...
No changes, see the previous discussion.
..Lyons.. 03/27/2024
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0149 AM CDT [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook
Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0744 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024
Valid 271300Z - 281200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF
THE NEAR-COASTAL SOUTHEAST...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
NORTH TEXAS...
...SUMMARY...
Isolated severe [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source