Special Weather Statement
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact East Central Pinellas County Through 530 PM EDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 521 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Gandy, or near Gandy Bridge, moving southwest at 15 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Downtown Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Gandy, Vinoy Park, Albert Whitted Airport, Weedon Island State Preserve, Venetian Isles, Crescent Lake, and Snell Isle.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Pinellas County, FL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~19s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2V6C5XX42RDH5867T81QJ49
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0f1ea5496f5cc63fce473048fb07e88735506a49.001.1
- 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.5686
- 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 | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSTBW |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS82 KTBW 182122 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL PINELLAS COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM EDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T21:21:00-00:00...storm...056DEG...14KT...27.85,-82.58 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Pinellas County, FL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 012103 |
| UGC | FLZ050 |
- Polygons
- 27.89,-82.56 27.87,-82.55 27.86,-82.55 27.85,-82.54 27.85,-82.55 27.83,-82.53 27.77,-82.56 27.73,-82.62 27.79,-82.66 27.86,-82.66 27.89,-82.56