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 515
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MD 0515 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 133... FOR (NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...AND NORTHWESTERN KANSAS Mesoscale Discussion 0515 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0542 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Areas affected...(northeastern Colorado...southwestern Nebraska...and northwestern Kansas Concerning...Tornado Watch 133... Valid 252242Z - 260045Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 133 continues. SUMMARY...Severe/local [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 134 Status Reports
WW 0134 Status Image
WW 0134 Status Updates STATUS FOR WATCH 0134 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 134
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WW 134 TORNADO CO KS OK TX 252200Z - 260500Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 134 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 500 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southeastern Colorado [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 514
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MD 0514 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHWEST KANSAS INTO THE CENTRAL TEXAS PANHANDLE Mesoscale Discussion 0514 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0347 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Areas affected...southwest Kansas into the central Texas Panhandle Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 252047Z - 252315Z Probability of Watch [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Apr 25, 2024 2000 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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SPC 2000Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0258 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Valid 252000Z - 261200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PLAINS... ...SUMMARY... Very large hail up to 3 inches [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 133 Status Reports
WW 0133 Status Image
WW 0133 Status Updates STATUS FOR WATCH 0133 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 133
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WW 133 TORNADO CO KS NE 251955Z - 260300Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 133 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 155 PM MDT Thu Apr 25 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Northeast Colorado [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 513
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MD 0513 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH LIKELY FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO INTO MUCH OF NORTHWEST KANSAS Mesoscale Discussion 0513 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0223 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Areas affected...northeast Colorado into much of northwest Kansas Concerning...Severe potential...Watch likely Valid 251923Z - 252200Z Probability of Watch [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 512
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MD 0512 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING INTO SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA Mesoscale Discussion 0512 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0151 PM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Areas affected...Southeast Wyoming into South Dakota and northwest Nebraska Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 251851Z - 252045Z Probability of [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Apr 25, 2024 1630 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook
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SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1124 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Valid 251630Z - 261200Z ...THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS WESTERN KS AND TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST TX INTO CENTRAL OK... ...SUMMARY... Very large [...]
Thu, Apr 25, 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

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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