Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >

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One of the methods that the National Weather Service uses to disseminate forecasts, watches, warnings, and advisories to the public is through the NOAA Weather Radio (NWR). Serving all of West Central and Southwest Florida, our broadcast area includes seven transmitters. These transmitters are located in Morriston (Levy County), Lecanto (Citrus County), Riverview (Hillsborough County), Sebring (Highlands County), Venice (Sarasota County), and Fort Myers (Lee County). Additionally, the transmitter in Largo (Pinellas County) is specialized for marine forecasts and warnings only

In order to listen to NWR programming, you need to use a specialized radio receiver. Many of the newer models are equipped with Specific Area Message Encoding, or SAME, which enables your radio to sound an alarm only when a warning is posted for a specific county or counties

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Regional Outbreaks of Severe Weather Through Early Next Week; Early Season Heat Wave across the South

Tampa Bay Office Tour NOAA Weather Radio