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Beach Hazards Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 2, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2012, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 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 08:01 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, 8.0 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
- 746 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 891 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
122 WHUS42 KTBW 020800 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 400 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 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 TONIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-030200- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0014.121002T0800Z-121003T0200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 400 AM EDT TUE OCT 2 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS 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...LONGSHORE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 9:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 47 min |
| Oct 2, 9:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Oct 2, 10:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 39 min |
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2012Every beach hazards statement in 2012
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.