Special Marine Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 19 At 3:32PM EDT Until September 19 At 4:30PM 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... Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM... Tampa Bay waters... * Until 430 PM EDT. * At 332 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Courtney Campbell Causeway, moving southwest at 10 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
Hillsborough Bay, Gandy Bridge, Old Tampa Bay, Howard Frankland Bridge, Courtney Campbell Causeway, and Clearwater.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. Thunderstorms can produce sudden waterspouts. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. Seek safe harbor immediately.
Affected areas
- Tampa Bay waters
- Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XJGFBKHK7559BNNHBCS824
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39a8348487ad8f3b242cfde1ec784e3be4033a81.001.1
- 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.2613
- 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 191932 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T19:32:00-00:00...storm...047DEG...11KT...28.02,-82.56 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.MA.W.0198.260919T1932Z-260919T2030Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T16:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tampa Bay waters
- Coastal waters from Englewood to Tarpon Springs FL out 20 NM
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 077830 |
| SAME | 077853 |
| UGC | GMZ830 |
| UGC | GMZ853 |
- Polygons
- 27.72,-82.46 27.94,-82.83 28.06,-82.67 27.98,-82.5 27.99,-82.4 27.96,-82.38 27.92,-82.36 27.72,-82.46