Special Marine Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
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Special Marine Warning Issued September 18 At 3:11PM EDT Until September 18 At 4:00PM EDT By NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Event
- Special Marine Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
SMWTBW The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound... Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 310 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Sanibel to near Lovers Key State Park, moving southwest at 5 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source
Radar.
Impacts
Expect wind gusts in excess of 34 knots, suddenly higher waves, frequent lightning, and heavy downpours. Make sure all on board are wearing life jackets.
Locations impacted
Lovers Key State Park, Captiva, Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach, and Bonita Beach.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
Affected areas
- Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound
- Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~40s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2TYWYQ3H3XP7A09QY1KV64F
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8273ab4c6385d859927d09f3369c2c2a3f658dad.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- AWIPS ID
- CAPTBW
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.2068
- WMO heading
- XOUS52
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 52
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SMW |
| NationalWeatherService | MAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SMWTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WHUS52 KTBW 181911 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T19:10:00-00:00...storm...029DEG...7KT...26.52,-82.1 26.41,-81.83 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.MA.W.0194.260918T1911Z-260918T2000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T16:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound
- Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077836 |
| SAME | 077856 |
| UGC | GMZ836 |
| UGC | GMZ856 |
- Polygons
- 26.42,-81.78 26.33,-81.84 26.24,-82.13 26.51,-82.35 26.58,-82.1 26.42,-81.78