Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service
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WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TAMPA BAY AREA - RUSKIN FL
336 PM EST SUN MAR 18 2001
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY... ...POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA LATE MONDAY INTO EARLY TUESDAY... A LOW
PRESSURE AREA IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WEST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO
TONIGHT AND MONDAY. THIS LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES
NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA MONDAY NIGHT...THEN ACROSS THE BIG BEND
AREA AND NORTH FLORIDA EARLY ON TUESDAY WHERE IT WILL BECOME A GALE CENTER.
AHEAD OF THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND SUFFICIENT
MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA OVERNIGHT. THEN HEAVIER WIDESPREAD RAINS ALONG WITH INCREASING WINDS
WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT THE REGION MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE
AREA MOVES TOWARDS WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1
TO 2 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION THROUGH THE PERIOD. IN ADDITION TO THE RAINS INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE
WIND FIELDS AND SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY WITHIN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL SET THE
STAGE FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT. AT THE PRESENT TIME THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE VERY STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...AND POSSIBLY A
FEW ISOLATED TORNADOES OR MARINE WATERSPOUTS. IN ADDITION TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE WEATHER...EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS ON MONDAY WILL SHIFT TO THE
SOUTHWEST AND WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE
ADJACENT GULF WATERS MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS THE LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES. THESE SHIFTING AND INCREASING WINDS WILL RESULT IN BUILDING SEA
STATES OVER THE GULF WATERS...WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HIGHER THAN NORMAL
WATER LEVELS ALONG THE GULF COASTAL LOCATIONS BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
MARINERS PLANNING TO OPERATE ON THE GULF WATERS SHOULD MONITOR LATER WEATHER
FORECASTS. SMALL CRAFT OPERATORS SHOULD NOT VENTURE FAR FROM PORT TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY. RESIDENTS AND MARINERS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...TV...OR CABLE TV FOR
FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ANOTHER HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY
MORNING. ...
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