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Beach Hazards Statement 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 8, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 8, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2012, 4:45 AM EDT (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 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 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 895 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1105 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
332 WHUS42 KTBW 080845 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 445 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY... .INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-090200- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0012.120908T1500Z-120909T0200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 445 AM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS CAUSING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE INCREASING THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS INCLUDING THE BARRIER SI LANDS AND ASSOCIATED SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONG SHORE CURRENTS AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. 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 && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
706 WHUS42 KTBW 090016 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 816 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-092000- /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120909T2000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 816 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS CAUSING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE INCREASING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS INCLUDING THE BARRIER SI LANDS AND ASSOCIATED SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONG SHORE CURRENTS AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
250 WHUS42 KTBW 090051 CCA CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 850 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .INCREASING SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-092000- /O.COR.KTBW.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120909T2000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 850 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * HAZARDS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS CAUSING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE INCREASING AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS INCLUDING THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND ASSOCIATED SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONG SHORE CURRENTS AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. 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 && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
662 WHUS42 KTBW 090835 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 435 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .MODERATE AND GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-100200- /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0012.000000T0000Z-120910T0200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 435 AM EDT SUN SEP 9 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM BONITA BEACH TO TARPON SPRINGS INCLUDING THE BARRIER ISLANDS AND ASSOCIATED SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONG SHORE CURRENTS AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=CHMBHS && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
Nearby
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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.