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
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 24 at 5:21PM EDT until May 24 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. [...]
Wed, May 24, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Severe Weather Statement issued May 24 at 5:21PM EDT until May 24 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM EDT... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm. [...]
Wed, May 24, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 24 at 4:54PM EDT until May 24 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
from w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Central Pinellas County in west central Florida... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 454 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over South Highpoint, or over Pinellas Park, and is nearly stationary. [...]
Wed, May 24, 2023, Continue reading at the source
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northern Pinellas and northern Hillsborough Counties through 500 PM EDT... At 426 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Clearwater to Brandon. Movement was south at 10 mph. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size [...]
Wed, May 24, 2023, Continue reading at the source
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern Pinellas County through 445 PM EDT... At 410 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over St. Petersburg, or over Downtown Saint Petersburg. This storm was nearly stationary. HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail. [...]
Wed, May 24, 2023, Continue reading at the source
...Summer Flood Outlook for West Central and Southwest Florida... The potential for flooding during the summer rainy season of 2023 is near normal across all of west central and southwest Florida. Rainfall so far this year is running considerably below normal which has created drought conditions ranging from moderate over [...]
Wed, May 24, 2023, Continue reading at the source
Tue, May 23, 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
MD 0896 CONCERNING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 248... FOR CENTRAL PLAINS
Mesoscale Discussion 0896
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0600 PM CDT Mon May 29 2023
Areas affected...Central Plains
Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 248...
Valid 292300Z - 300100Z
The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 248
continues.
SUMMARY...Isolated severe thunderstorms will [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 0895 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF SOUTH TEXAS
Mesoscale Discussion 0895
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0514 PM CDT Mon May 29 2023
Areas affected...Parts of South Texas
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 292214Z - 292345Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent
SUMMARY...Isolated strong to severe storms [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
WW 0248 Status Updates
STATUS FOR WATCH 0248 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET
[...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
WW 248 SEVERE TSTM CO NE 292015Z - 300300Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 248
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
315 PM CDT Mon May 29 2023
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northeast [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 0894 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL NE...NORTHEASTERN CO...AND FAR SOUTH-CENTRAL SD
Mesoscale Discussion 0894
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0221 PM CDT Mon May 29 2023
Areas affected...Parts of central NE...northeastern CO...and far
south-central SD
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch possible
Valid 291921Z - 292115Z
Probability of [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 0893 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
Mesoscale Discussion 0893
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0124 PM CDT Mon May 29 2023
Areas affected...Parts of western South Dakota
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 291824Z - 292100Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent
SUMMARY...The potential for [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
SPC 0730Z Day 3 Outlook
Day 3 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0214 AM CDT Mon May 29 2023
Valid 311200Z - 011200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS...
...SUMMARY...
Strong to severe thunderstorms capable of large hail [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
SPC 0600Z Day 2 Outlook
Day 2 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1232 AM CDT Mon May 29 2023
Valid 301200Z - 311200Z
...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE UPPER MIDWEST...
...SUMMARY...
Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms [...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 0892 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR FAR EASTERN NM...TX SOUTH PLAINS AND CAPROCK
Mesoscale Discussion 0892
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0730 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023
Areas affected...far eastern NM...TX South Plains and Caprock
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 290030Z - 290200Z
Probability of Watch [...]
Sun, May 28, 2023, Continue reading at the source
MD 0891 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR OK PANHANDLE...NORTHERN TX PANHANDLE
Mesoscale Discussion 0891
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0652 PM CDT Sun May 28 2023
Areas affected...OK Panhandle...northern TX Panhandle
Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely
Valid 282352Z - 290115Z
Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent
SUMMARY...A squall line capable of [...]
Sun, May 28, 2023, Continue reading at the source
National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook
ZCZC MIATWOAT ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
800 AM EDT Mon May 29 2023
For the North Atlantic...Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
$$
Forecaster Blake
NNNN
[...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
ZCZC MIATWOEP ALL
TTAA00 KNHC DDHHMM
Tropical Weather Outlook
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL
500 AM PDT Mon May 29 2023
For the eastern North Pacific...east of 140 degrees west longitude:
Tropical cyclone formation is not expected during the next 7 days.
$$
Forecaster Papin
NNNN
[...]
Mon, May 29, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The Central North Pacific hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. [...]
Fri, Dec 02, 2022, Continue reading at the source