Special Marine Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 18 At 4:43PM EDT Until September 18 At 5:15PM 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... Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM... * Until 515 PM EDT. * At 443 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 17 nm east of Englewood, moving southwest at 15 knots.
Hazard
Waterspouts and wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
Source
Radar.
Impacts
Waterspouts can quickly form and capsize boats, damage vessels, and create suddenly higher waves. Make sure all on board are in a secure location and wearing life jackets. 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
Englewood, Boca Grande, M15 Reef, Venice Inlet, Manasota Key, M16 Reef, Palm Island, Cayo Costa Island, Don Pedro Island, and Venice.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. Frequent lightning is occurring with this storm. If caught on the open water stay below deck if possible, keep away from ungrounded metal objects.
Affected areas
- Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound
- Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM
- 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
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V46ABHJSDEC091M20HY6A3
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f4549bc049d56ca52633cc552ecf2aba091aafb8.001.1
- 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.4561
- 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 182043 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T20:43:00-00:00...storm...051DEG...16KT...27.03,-82.03 |
| waterspoutDetection | POSSIBLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.MA.W.0195.260918T2043Z-260918T2115Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T17:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound
- Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM
- Coastal waters from Bonita Beach to Englewood FL out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077836 |
| SAME | 077853 |
| SAME | 077856 |
| UGC | GMZ836 |
| UGC | GMZ853 |
| UGC | GMZ856 |
- Polygons
- 26.59,-82.31 27.12,-82.67 27.2,-82.42 27.06,-82.37 26.92,-82.27 27.05,-82.13 26.96,-82.01 26.8,-82.0 26.59,-82.31