Special Marine Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
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Special Marine Warning Issued September 18 At 5:19PM EDT Until September 18 At 5:45PM 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... Tampa Bay waters... * Until 545 PM EDT. * At 519 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Gandy Bridge, moving southwest at 15 knots.
Hazard
Wind gusts to 40 knots.
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
Port Manatee Reef, Tampa Bay, Cockroach Bay, and Gandy Bridge.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected.
Affected areas
- Tampa Bay waters
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V66W0MAVZSAFMG85GN8TYK
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.490ef1b4102ecf8134e206194ce4387827fc79c7.001.1
- 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.5655
- 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 182119 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:19:00-00:00...storm...056DEG...15KT...27.84,-82.55 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.MA.W.0197.260918T2119Z-260918T2145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-18T17:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tampa Bay waters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077830 |
| UGC | GMZ830 |
- Polygons
- 27.61,-82.61 27.84,-82.75 27.85,-82.7 27.81,-82.7 27.79,-82.69 27.83,-82.68 27.85,-82.69 27.86,-82.67 27.9,-82.52 27.8,-82.39 27.61,-82.61