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
GMZ130-132-135-150-155-230-231-232-235>237-250-255-330-335- 350-355-430-432-435-436-450-452-455-532-534-536-538-550-552- 555-557-630>636-650-655-730-750-752-755-765-830-836-850-853- 856-656-657-031-032-034-035-042>044-052>055-AMZ630-650-651- 550-552-555-450-452-454-330-350-352-354-250-252-254-256-131- 135>137-150>156-158-230-231-ANZ631>638-656-658-650-652-654- 430-431-450>455-331-332-335-338-340-345-350>355-230>237-250- 251-254-255-256-150>154-050>052-TXZ251-256-257-351-354-355- 451-454-455-234-242>247-342>347-442-443-447-214-236>238-313- 335>338-436>439-215-216-615-616-LAZ041-073-074-052>054-241- 252>254-066>070-076-078-MSZ086>088-ALZ261>266-FLZ201>206-008- 010-012-014-108-112>118-127-128-134-139-142-148-149-050-151- 155-160-162-165-069-075-076>078-174-074-154-168-172-173-347- 447-647-747-047-054-059-064-141-147-159-164-024-124-125-133- 138-GAZ153-154-165-166-117-119-139-141-SCZ048>052-054-056- NCZ106-108-110-044>047-080-081-092>095-098-103-104-193>199- 203>205-015>017-030>032-102-VAZ084>096-098-523>525-099-100- MDZ024-025-DEZ002>004-NJZ006-012>014-020>027-106-108-NYZ071>075- 078>081-176>179-CTZ009>012-RIZ002-004>008-MAZ007-014>016-019>024- NHZ014-MEZ022>028-029-030-NBZ570-550-660-641-NSZ210-230-260- 250-110-120-130-170-160-150-140-270-280-320-410-450-440-430- QCZ670-680-NLZ340-220-230-210-120-132-140-241-242-110-131- 540-530-570-520-510-560-610-720-710-730-740-750-760-770-231730- /T.NEW.PAAQ.TS.W.9009.240423T1630Z-240423T1730Z/ The U.S. east coast, Gulf of Mexico coasts, and Eastern Canadian coastal areas ...THIS_MESSAGE_IS_FOR_TEST_PURPOSES_ONLY... ...THIS IS A TEST TO DETERMINE TRANSMISSION TIMES INVOLVED IN THE DISSEMINATION OF TSUNAMI INFORMATION... ...ESTO ES UNA PRUEBA PARA DETERMINAR LOS TIEMPOS DE TRANSMISION ENVUELTOS EN LA DISEMINACION DE INFORMACION SOBRE TSUNAMIS... RESPONSES ARE REQUIRED FROM --------------------------- * All Coastal Weather Forecast Offices in [...]
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 536
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MD 0536 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 143... FOR ARKLATEX INTO SOUTHEASTERN/CENTRAL MISSOURI Mesoscale Discussion 0536 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0814 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Areas affected...Arklatex into Southeastern/Central Missouri Concerning...Tornado Watch 143... Valid 270114Z - 270315Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 143 continues. SUMMARY...Severe threat [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 535
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MD 0535 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 142... FOR CENTRAL/SOUTHERN IA/NORTHERN MO Mesoscale Discussion 0535 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0727 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Areas affected...Central/Southern IA/northern MO Concerning...Tornado Watch 142... Valid 270027Z - 270200Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 142 continues. SUMMARY...Supercells will propagate into [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 143 Status Reports
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WW 0143 Status Updates STATUS FOR WATCH 0143 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 143
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WW 143 TORNADO AR TX 262300Z - 270400Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 143 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 555 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southern and central Arkansas [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 534
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MD 0534 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 140...142... FOR MID MISSOURI VALLEY Mesoscale Discussion 0534 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0536 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Areas affected...Mid Missouri Valley Concerning...Tornado Watch 140...142... Valid 262236Z - 270000Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 140, 142 continues. SUMMARY...Supercells, and attendant [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 533
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MD 0533 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH NEEDED SOON FOR CENTRAL TEXAS...SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA...ARKLATEX Mesoscale Discussion 0533 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0513 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Areas affected...central Texas...southeastern Oklahoma...Arklatex Concerning...Severe potential...Watch needed soon Valid 262213Z - 262345Z Probability of Watch Issuance...95 percent SUMMARY...The severe threat will likely [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 142 Status Reports
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WW 0142 Status Updates STATUS FOR WATCH 0142 HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED YET [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC Tornado Watch 142
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WW 142 TORNADO IA KS MO 262045Z - 270200Z URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Tornado Watch Number 142 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 345 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Southwest Iowa [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 532
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MD 0532 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 140... FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA Mesoscale Discussion 0532 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0314 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Areas affected...portions of eastern Nebraska Concerning...Tornado Watch 140... Valid 262014Z - 262115Z The severe weather threat for Tornado Watch 140 continues. SUMMARY...Well-developed supercells [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 2024, Continue reading at the source
SPC MD 530
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MD 0530 CONCERNING TORNADO WATCH 140... FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA...FAR NORTHERN KANSAS AND WESTERN IOWA. Mesoscale Discussion 0530 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0231 PM CDT Fri Apr 26 2024 Areas affected...parts of eastern Nebraska...far northern Kansas and western Iowa. Concerning...Tornado Watch 140... Valid 261931Z - 262100Z The [...]
Fri, Apr 26, 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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