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Beach Hazards Statement 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Nov 6, 2012, 5:08 AM EST for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 6, 2012, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 6, 2012, 5:08 AM EST (10:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2012, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2012, 4:27 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 10.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998 WHUS42 KTBW 061008 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 508 AM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .ROBUST WEST WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND LONGSHORE CURRENTS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-070000- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0016.121106T1200Z-121107T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 508 AM EST TUE NOV 6 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...7 AM TO 7 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... && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
553 WHUS42 KTBW 062127 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 427 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-062230- /O.CAN.KTBW.BH.S.0016.000000T0000Z-121107T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 427 PM EST TUE NOV 6 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 7:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min |
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.