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

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 0383 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL KS Mesoscale Discussion 0383 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0532 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Areas affected...Parts of south-central KS Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 112232Z - 120000Z Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...A threat for severe hail/wind [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

SPC Tornado Watch 99 Status Reports

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WW 0099 Status Updates STATUS REPORT ON WW 98 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 NNE LBL TO 15 NE DDC TO 35 NNW RSL. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0370 ..CHALMERS..04/09/26 ATTN...WFO...EAX...ICT...TOP...DDC...GID...OAX... STATUS REPORT FOR WS 98 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

SPC Tornado Watch 99

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WW 99 TORNADO KS NE 112130Z - 120400Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 99 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 430 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Far northern Kansas [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

MD 0382 Image

MD 0382 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO...NORTHEASTERN UTAH...EXTREME NORTHWEST COLORADO...WESTERN WYOMING Mesoscale Discussion 0382 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0344 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Areas affected...portions of southeastern Idaho...northeastern Utah...extreme northwest Colorado...western Wyoming Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 112044Z - 112245Z Probability of [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

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MD 0381 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN KANSAS...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN MISSOURI Mesoscale Discussion 0381 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0156 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Areas affected...parts of central and northeastern Kansas...south central [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

MD 0379 Image

MD 0379 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN UTAH INTO FAR SOUTHEAST IDAHO...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO...SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING Mesoscale Discussion 0379 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0123 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Areas affected...portions of northern Utah into far southeast Idaho...extreme northwestern Colorado...southwestern Wyoming Concerning...Severe potential...Watch [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

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MD 0380 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO Mesoscale Discussion 0380 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0141 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Areas affected...portions of central Colorado into northern New Mexico Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 111841Z - 112045Z Probability of [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

MD 0378 Image

MD 0378 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN TEXAS Mesoscale Discussion 0378 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0102 PM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Areas affected...parts of southwestern Texas Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible Valid 111802Z - 112030Z Probability of Watch Issuance...40 percent SUMMARY...Intensifying thunderstorm development by 3-5 [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

SPC Apr 11, 2026 Day 4-8 Severe Weather Outlook

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Day 4-8 Outlook Day 4-8 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0344 AM CDT Sat Apr 11 2026 Valid 141200Z - 191200Z ...DISCUSSION... ...Day 4/Tue -- Southern Plains to Great Lakes... A shortwave upper trough embedded within the larger-scale western U.S. trough will eject across portions of the [...]

Sat, Apr 11, 2026, Continue reading at the source

MD 0377 Image

MD 0377 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN OR Mesoscale Discussion 0377 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0613 PM CDT Fri Apr 10 2026 Areas affected...Parts of western OR Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 102313Z - 110115Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...Strong to locally severe storms [...]

Fri, Apr 10, 2026, Continue reading at the source

National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook

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

Central North Pacific 2-Day Graphical Outlook Image

ZCZC HFOTWOCP ALLTTAA00 PHFO DDHHMMTropical Weather OutlookNWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HIIssued by NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL800 PM HST Sun Nov 30 2025For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W:Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.This is the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather [...]

Mon, Dec 01, 2025, Continue reading at the source

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 FL1000 PM PST Sun Nov 30 2025For the eastern and central North Pacific east of 180 longitude:Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.This is the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2025 Hurricane [...]

Mon, Dec 01, 2025, 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 FL700 PM EST Sun Nov 30 2025For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of America:Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.This is the last regularly scheduled Tropical Weather Outlook of the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane [...]

Sun, Nov 30, 2025, 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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