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 April 13 at 3:25AM EDT until April 13 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
from NWS
from NWS
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.
* WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee,
Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties.
* WHEN...Through this evening.
* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away
from shore into deeper water. [...]
Sat, Apr 13, 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
MD 0497 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF FAR EAST-CENTRAL MS...NORTHERN/CENTRAL AL...AND NORTHERN GA
Mesoscale Discussion 0497
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0454 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Areas affected...Portions of far east-central MS...northern/central
AL...and northern GA
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 192154Z - 192330Z
Probability of [...]
Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0494 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC
Mesoscale Discussion 0494
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0133 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Areas affected...portions of the Tennessee Valley into the
Mid-Atlantic
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 191833Z - 192030Z
Probability of [...]
Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0493 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA INTO FAR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
Mesoscale Discussion 0493
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1207 PM CDT Fri Apr 19 2024
Areas affected...Eastern South Carolina into far southeast North
Carolina
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 191707Z - 191900Z
Probability of [...]
Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0492 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 129...130... FOR NORTH-CENTRAL/NORTHEAST AR INTO SOUTHEAST MO...WESTERN TN...FAR WESTERN KY
Mesoscale Discussion 0492
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1130 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Areas affected...North-central/northeast AR into southeast
MO...western TN...far western KY
Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 129...130...
Valid 190430Z - 190600Z
The [...]
Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0491 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 129... FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST IN...NORTHERN KY...FAR SOUTHWEST OH
Mesoscale Discussion 0491
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1108 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Areas affected...Parts of southeast IN...northern KY...far southwest
OH
Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 129...
Valid 190408Z - 190615Z
The severe weather [...]
Fri, Apr 19, 2024, Continue reading at the source
WW 0130 Status Updates
STATUS FOR WATCH 0130 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET
[...]
Thu, Apr 18, 2024, Continue reading at the source
WW 130 SEVERE TSTM AR MO TN 190210Z - 190700Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 130
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
910 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
[...]
Thu, Apr 18, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0490 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 126... FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OK INTO MUCH OF AR...WESTERN TN...AND THE MO BOOTHEEL
Mesoscale Discussion 0490
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0841 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Areas affected...Extreme southeast OK into much of AR...western
TN...and the MO Bootheel
Concerning...Severe [...]
Thu, Apr 18, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0489 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 128... FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL TEXAS
Mesoscale Discussion 0489
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0637 PM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024
Areas affected...Portions of central Texas
Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 128...
Valid 182337Z - 190100Z
The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch [...]
Thu, Apr 18, 2024, Continue reading at the source
WW 0129 Status Updates
STATUS FOR WATCH 0129 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET
[...]
Thu, Apr 18, 2024, Continue reading at the source
National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook
The Central North Pacific hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. [...]
Wed, Dec 06, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The Eastern North Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15th through November 30th. [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source