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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. [...]
Sat, Mar 23, 2024, Continue reading at the source
* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. [...]
Fri, Mar 22, 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

Day 1 Outlook Image
SPC 1630Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1118 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024 Valid 281630Z - 291200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected. Relatively dry and stable conditions are expected today over most of the CONUS, with [...]
Thu, Mar 28, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Day 1 Outlook Image
SPC 1200Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1232 AM CDT Thu Mar 28 2024 Valid 281200Z - 291200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected. ...Discussion... Offshore flow will dominate the Gulf/Atlantic Coasts during the day1 period as the primary [...]
Thu, Mar 28, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Day 1 Outlook Image
SPC 0100Z Day 1 Outlook Day 1 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0739 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Valid 280100Z - 281200Z ...THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST... ...SUMMARY... A marginal risk of severe hail and damaging winds persists [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook Image
SPC Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook Day 3-8 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0443 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Valid 291200Z - 041200Z Strong but predominately zonal mid-level flow is expected across the western US to start the extended [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0311 Image
MD 0311 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR NORTHERN FLORIDA PENINSULA...SOUTHEASTERN GEORGIA...EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...FAR SOUTHERN NORTH CAROLINA Mesoscale Discussion 0311 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0322 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Areas affected...northern FLORIDA Peninsula...southeastern Georgia...eastern South Carolina...far southern North Carolina Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 272022Z - [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook Image
SPC Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook Day 2 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0239 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Valid 281200Z - 291200Z ...20z Update... Despite recent light precipitation including snow, rapidly warming temperatures and a switch to southerly winds [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0310 Image
MD 0310 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL TEXAS Mesoscale Discussion 0310 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 0152 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Areas affected...parts of central Texas Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 271852Z - 272115Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...The risk for a few [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
MD 0309 Image
MD 0309 CONCERNING SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL FLORIDA PENINSULA Mesoscale Discussion 0309 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1253 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Areas affected...portions of the central Florida Peninsula Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely Valid 271753Z - 271900Z Probability of Watch Issuance...5 percent SUMMARY...A [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Day 2 Outlook Image
SPC 1730Z Day 2 Outlook Day 2 Convective Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1228 PM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Valid 281200Z - 291200Z ...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AREAS FORECAST... ...SUMMARY... Severe thunderstorms are not expected on Thursday. ...Synopsis... A deep upper-level trough is forecast to move eastward across the eastern [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source
Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook Image
SPC Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook Day 1 Fire Weather Outlook NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 1151 AM CDT Wed Mar 27 2024 Valid 271700Z - 281200Z ...NO CRITICAL AREAS... ...17z Update... No changes, see the previous discussion. ..Lyons.. 03/27/2024 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 0149 AM CDT [...]
Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Continue reading at the source

National Hurricane Center’s Tropical Weather Outlook

The Central North Pacific hurricane season runs from June 1st through November 30th. [...]
Wed, Dec 06, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The Eastern North Pacific hurricane season runs from May 15th through November 30th. [...]
Sat, Dec 02, 2023, Continue reading at the source
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1st 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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