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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Sep 18, 2012, 3:37 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 18, 2012, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 1217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
213 WHUS42 KTBW 180737 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 337 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .MODERATE AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-190200- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0013.120918T1400Z-120919T0200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 337 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENT WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...THE ENTIRE COASTLINE FROM TARPON SPRINGS TO BONITA BEACH 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...SNEAKER WAVES 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 4:13 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 18 hr | |
| Sep 18, 7:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Sep 18, 10:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 10:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Sep 18, 10:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 11:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Sep 18, 11:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Sep 18, 12:36 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Sep 18, 12:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 54 min | |
| Sep 18, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Sep 18, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 2 hr |
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.