Special Marine Warning
NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL ยท US
Details
Special Marine Warning Issued September 19 At 4:25PM EDT Until September 19 At 5:30PM 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 530 PM EDT. * At 425 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located over Howard Frankland Bridge, 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
Terra Ceia Bay, Manatee Nearshore Reef, Howard Frankland Bridge, Madeira Beach Reef, Tierra Verde, Belleair Beach, Cockroach Bay, Anna Maria Island, Pass-A-Grille Channel, Southwest Channel, Tampa Bay, St. Pete Beach, Hillsborough Bay, Bradenton Beach, Honeymoon Island, Redington Beach, Whitney Beach, Courtney Campbell Causeway, Clearwater Pass, and Passage Key Inlet.
Instructions
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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
- ~41s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XNH6G943M796SC0RNW6JXR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.073d6ad706a6278d263298c0dd43d057be98306a.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.4061
- 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 192025 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-19T20:25:00-00:00...storm...048DEG...17KT...27.91,-82.59 |
| waterspoutDetection | POSSIBLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KTBW.MA.W.0199.260919T2025Z-260919T2130Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T17:30:00-04:00 |
| 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
- 27.82,-82.33 27.37,-82.73 27.72,-83.01 28.12,-83.13 28.16,-82.76 28.08,-82.71 27.98,-82.5 27.99,-82.43 27.96,-82.38 27.87,-82.33 27.82,-82.33