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

TEST Tsunami Warning issued April 23 at 12:30PM EDT until April 23 at 1:30PM EDT by NWS National Tsunami Warning Center
from NWS
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Tue, Apr 23, 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 MD 511
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MD 0511 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH EASTERN KANSAS AND ADJACENT NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA Mesoscale Discussion 0511 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0329 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Areas affected...parts of south central Nebraska through eastern Kansas and adjacent northeastern [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Apr 25, 2024 0600 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1222 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Valid 251200Z - 261200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms are expected from [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Apr 25, 2024 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0746 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 250100Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS... ...SUMMARY... Isolated large hail and severe gusts remain [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook
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SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0245 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 261200Z - 021200Z A pair of mid-level troughs will traverse the southern Plains Friday into this weekend, supporting surface [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook
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SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0107 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 251200Z - 261200Z ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER AREA FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO...SOUTHEAST COLORADO...EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN KANSAS...FAR WESTERN TEXAS...WESTERN [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Apr 24, 2024 1730 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1230 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 251200Z - 261200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WESTERN KANSAS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE/WESTERN OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHWEST TEXAS... ...SUMMARY... Scattered severe thunderstorms [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook
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SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1034 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 241700Z - 251200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... The previous forecast (see below) remains unchanged. ..Squitieri.. 04/24/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0128 AM CDT [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Apr 24, 2024 1300 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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SPC 1300Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0745 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Valid 241300Z - 251200Z ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL TX... ...SUMMARY... Isolated large hail and damaging winds will be possible [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 510
MD 0510 Image
MD 0510 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 132... FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INTO CENTRAL TEXAS Mesoscale Discussion 0510 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0842 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024 Areas affected...Portions of Northwest into Central Texas Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 132... Valid 240142Z - 240245Z The severe weather threat [...]
Tue, Apr 23, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 509
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MD 0509 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 132... FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TEXAS Mesoscale Discussion 0509 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0549 PM CDT Tue Apr 23 2024 Areas affected...Portions of Northwest Texas Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 132... Valid 232249Z - 240045Z The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch [...]
Tue, Apr 23, 2024, Continue reading at the source

National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook

NHC Atlantic Outlook
from nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov (NHC Webmaster)
Atlantic 2-Day Graphical Outlook Image
ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM RRA Special Tropical Weather Outlook NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL 410 PM EDT Wed Apr 24 2024 For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico: 1. East-Central Subtropical Atlantic: An area of low pressure located about 900 miles northwest of the Cabo Verde Islands has been producing a [...]
Wed, Apr 24, 2024, Continue reading at the source
CPHC Central North Pacific Outlook
from nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov (NHC Webmaster)
The Central North Pacific hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. [...]
Wed, Dec 06, 2023, Continue reading at the source
NHC Eastern North Pacific Outlook
from nhcwebmaster@noaa.gov (NHC Webmaster)
The Eastern North Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15th through November 30th. [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, 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/
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