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
Dense Fog Advisory issued December 04 at 1:37AM EST until December 04 at 9:00AM EST by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Inland Hillsborough, Inland Manatee and Inland Sarasota Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EST this morning. [...]
Mon, Dec 04, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Dense Fog Advisory issued December 03 at 6:56AM EST until December 03 at 10:00AM EST by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Pinellas, Polk, Coastal Pasco, Coastal Hillsborough, Inland Pasco and Inland Hillsborough Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. [...]
Sun, Dec 03, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Dense Fog Advisory issued December 03 at 5:54AM EST until December 03 at 9:00AM EST by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Pinellas, Polk, Coastal Pasco, Coastal Hillsborough, Inland Pasco and Inland Hillsborough Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EST this morning. [...]
Sun, Dec 03, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Dense Fog Advisory issued December 03 at 3:15AM EST until December 03 at 9:00AM EST by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE...Pinellas, Polk, Coastal Pasco, Coastal Hillsborough, Inland Pasco and Inland Hillsborough Counties. * WHEN...Until 9 AM EST this morning. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to low visibility. [...]
Sun, Dec 03, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, 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 0830Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0220 AM CST Mon Dec 04 2023
Valid 061200Z - 071200Z
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
Thunderstorms may develop on Wednesday near the coast of the Pacific
Northwest, and across far eastern North Carolina, [...]
Mon, Dec 04, 2023, Continue reading at the source
SPC 0700Z Day 2 Outlook
Day 2 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1241 AM CST Mon Dec 04 2023
Valid 051200Z - 061200Z
...NO THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST...
...SUMMARY...
No thunderstorm activity is expected across the continental United
States Tuesday and Tuesday night.
...DISCUSSION...
An upper-level trough will move through [...]
Mon, Dec 04, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 2302 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR EASTERN OH WESTERN PA AND FAR SOUTHWEST NY STATE
Mesoscale Discussion 2302
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1236 PM CST Sun Dec 03 2023
Areas affected...eastern OH Western PA and far southwest NY State
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 031836Z [...]
Sun, Dec 03, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 2301 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 713... FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWESTERN ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE
Mesoscale Discussion 2301
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0321 AM CST Sat Dec 02 2023
Areas affected...southeastern Louisiana...southern
Mississippi...southwestern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle
Concerning...Tornado Watch 713...
Valid 020921Z - 021115Z
The [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Day 4-8 Outlook
Day 4-8 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0343 AM CST Sat Dec 02 2023
Valid 051200Z - 101200Z
...DISCUSSION...
...Tuesday/Day 4 to Thursday/Day 6...
A mid-level trough is forecast to move into the mid Mississippi
Valley on Tuesday, and then to the Atlantic Coast [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 2300 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 713... FOR SOUTHEAST LA...COASTAL MS/AL
Mesoscale Discussion 2300
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1135 PM CST Fri Dec 01 2023
Areas affected...Southeast LA...coastal MS/AL
Concerning...Tornado Watch 713...
Valid 020535Z - 020700Z
The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 713 continues.
SUMMARY...A brief tornado and [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 2299 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 713... FOR SOUTHEAST LA AND COASTAL MS
Mesoscale Discussion 2299
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0938 PM CST Fri Dec 01 2023
Areas affected...Southeast LA and coastal MS
Concerning...Tornado Watch 713...
Valid 020338Z - 020445Z
The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 713 [...]
Fri, Dec 01, 2023, Continue reading at the source
WW 0713 Status Updates
STATUS FOR WATCH 0713 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET
[...]
Fri, Dec 01, 2023, Continue reading at the source
WW 713 TORNADO LA MS CW 020230Z - 021000Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Tornado Watch Number 713
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
830 PM CST Fri Dec 1 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Tornado Watch for portions of
Southeast Louisiana
[...]
Fri, Dec 01, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 2298 CONCERNING OUTLOOK UPGRADE FOR CENTRAL GULF COAST
Mesoscale Discussion 2298
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0613 PM CST Fri Dec 01 2023
Areas affected...Central Gulf Coast
Concerning...Outlook upgrade
Valid 020013Z - 020145Z
SUMMARY...A level 2-Slight Risk will be added with the upcoming 01Z
outlook across the [...]
Fri, Dec 01, 2023, Continue reading at the source
National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook
ZCZC HFOTWOCP ALL
TTAA00 PHFO DDHHMM
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS Central Pacific Hurricane Center Honolulu HI
800 PM HST Wed Nov 29 2023
For the central North Pacific...between 140W and 180W:
No tropical cyclones are expected during the next 7 days.
The central North Pacific hurricane season officialy ends on
November 30. The final Tropical Weather Outlook [...]
Thu, Nov 30, 2023, Continue reading at the source
ZCZC MIATWOEP ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
400 PM PST Mon Nov 27 2023
For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected over the next 7 days.
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Forecaster Papin
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Mon, Nov 27, 2023, Continue reading at the source
ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
700 PM EST Mon Nov 27 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
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Forecaster Papin
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Mon, Nov 27, 2023, Continue reading at the source