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Beach Hazards Statement 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Oct 26, 2012, 5:40 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 26, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2012, 5:40 AM EDT (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 days
- 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 09:41 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, 9.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 847 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 636 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
545 WHUS42 KTBW 260940 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 540 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .STRONG NORTH WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-270000- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0015.121026T1200Z-121027T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 540 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...8 AM TO 8 PM TODAY. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 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... && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
9 follow-up statements
329 WHUS42 KTBW 262349 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 749 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH SATURDAY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH SATURDAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-280000- /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121028T0100Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 749 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM SATURDAY. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS...SNEAKER WAVES AND OTHER HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR NEAR THE WATER. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
002 WHUS42 KTBW 270756 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 356 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-280100- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121028T0100Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 356 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...THROUGH 9 PM. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
321 WHUS42 KTBW 271517 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1117 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AT LEAST THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-280200- /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121029T0400Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1117 AM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE YOUR KNEES. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS...WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA MJG
207 WHUS42 KTBW 271909 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 309 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AT LEAST THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-281200- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121029T0400Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 309 PM EDT SAT OCT 27 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS... WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
626 WHUS42 KTBW 280759 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 359 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AT LEAST THROUGH TODAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-281600- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121029T0400Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 359 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH TODAY. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. TO AVOID GETTING CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... SWIM AT GUARDED BEACHES AND HEED THE ADVICE OF THE BEACH PATROL. AT UNGUARDED BEACHES AND NEAR PIERS...JETTIES...AND INLETS...DO NOT GO INTO THE SURF MUCH ABOVE YOUR KNEES. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS... WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
742 WHUS42 KTBW 281625 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1225 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH MONDAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-300400- /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121030T0400Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1225 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTH TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS... WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
589 WHUS42 KTBW 290832 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 432 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES AND DANGEROUS BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-300400- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.121029T0832Z-121031T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 432 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FOOT WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. DANGEROUS BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS... WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
601 WHUS42 KTBW 300103 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 903 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT BEACHES AND DANGEROUS BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-310000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 903 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FOOT WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. DANGEROUS BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS... WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
747 WHUS42 KTBW 300845 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 445 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT... .STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES AND DANGEROUS BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-311000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0015.000000T0000Z-121031T1000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 445 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 6 FOOT WAVES CAN BE EXPECTED. * HAZARDS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS AND STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. DANGEROUS BREAKERS IN THE SURF ZONE. THOSE PLANNING BEACH ACTIVITIES SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN VENTURING INTO THE WATER AND BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS...LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ANOTHER METHOD OF ESCAPE IS TO LET THE RIP CURRENT PULL YOU SEAWARD 50 TO 100 YARDS... WHERE THE FORCE WEAKENS. THEN...SWIM TOWARD THE BEACH AT AN ANGLE AWAY FROM THE CURRENT. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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.