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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 29, 2012Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 29, 2012, 10:41 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2012, 10:41 AM EDT (14:41 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Pinellas County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 40 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2012-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

203 
WHUS42 KTBW 291441
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1041 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

.PERSISTANT SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS
PRODUCING CHOPPY ROUGH WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET ALONG AREA BEACHES
CREATING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

FLZ049>051-055-060-062-065-300100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0001.120529T1441Z-120530T0100Z/
PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
1041 AM EDT TUE MAY 29 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A BEACH
HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...AREA BEACHES ALONG THE SUNCOAST AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. RIP
  CURRENTS ARE A THREAT TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM AT GUARDED
BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED
BEACHES AND NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE
SURF MUCH ABOVE YOUR KNEES. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR
NEAR THE WATER.

IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC OR 
ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS
ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY
FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH.

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...RED TIDE...OR WHEN OTHER LOCAL HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. 

PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE
NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT...

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS

&&

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando52 min
May 28, 11:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Levy2 hr
May 29, 12:22 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTBWCitrus3 hr
May 29, 1:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
May 29, 1:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSumter45 min
May 29, 2:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando44 min
May 29, 3:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Sumter2 hr
May 29, 3:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando, Sumter3 hr
May 29, 4:27 AM EDTTornado WarningTBWCitrus, Sumter33 min
May 29, 5:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHernando41 min
May 29, 7:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHernando, Pasco119 min
May 29, 8:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWPasco66 min
May 29, 10:19 AM EDTFlood WatchTBWSumter6 hr
May 29, 11:38 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW67 min
May 29, 11:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTBWCitrus, Hernando39 min
May 29, 12:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW57 min
May 29, 1:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW56 min
May 29, 2:12 PM EDTTornado WarningTBWCitrus, Levy18 min
May 29, 2:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPasco49 min
May 29, 3:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas12 min
May 29, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough63 min
May 29, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW49 min
May 29, 4:53 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW5 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.