FW: Weather Warnings Hazardous Weather Outlook

Tue Feb 12 05:33:03 PST 2008

 FYI to all skywarn spotters!

Evans Mitchell

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Subject: Weather Warnings Hazardous Weather Outlook
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FLUS42 KTBW 121025
HWOTBW

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
525 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

FLZ039-042-043-048>052-055>057-060>062-065-GMZ830-850-853-856-870-
873-876-122230-
LEVY-CITRUS-SUMTER-HERNANDO-PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-POLK-
MANATEE-HARDEE-HIGHLANDS-SARASOTA-DE SOTO-CHARLOTTE-LEE- TAMPA BAY
WATERS-TARPON SPRINGS TO SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON
SPRINGS OUT 20 NM- BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 NM- TARPON SPRINGS TO
SUWANNEE RIVER OUT 20 TO 60 NM- ENGLEWOOD TO TARPON SPRINGS OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
BONITA BEACH TO ENGLEWOOD OUT 20 TO 60 NM-
525 AM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS
THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA PENINSULA....

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...

A SERIES OF POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES...A STRONG LOW-LEVEL JET AND A
SURFACE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OVER THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT BRINGING WIDESPREAD CONVECTION
PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...HAIL
AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE AREA.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS INCLUDED ALL OF WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN FLORIDA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ZONE
DURING THIS PERIOD. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG
WINDS...HOWEVER TORNADOES WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...AS WELL...OUT AHEAD OF THE
COLD FRONT. STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT ELEVATING SEAS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE REQUIRED
TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. BOATERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING
OUT ON THE WATER...OR PERHAPS POSTPONE BOATING ACTIVITIES IN THESE WATERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

...THUNDERSTORM IMPACT...
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY
MORNING.

...WIND AND SEA IMPACT...
THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE OVER THE EASTERN GULF WEDNESDAY WITH WINDS AND SEAS
SHIFTING NORTHERLY AND REMAINING ELEVATED.

...FIRE WEATHER IMPACT...
VERY DRY AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION AS ON HIGH PRESSURE PRODUCE NEAR
CRITICALLY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WITH MARGINAL DURATIONS THURSDAY THAT
COULD LEAD TO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER.
FORMAL ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

$$

DAVIS

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