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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

May 30, 2012Pinellas County, Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 30, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at May 30, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2012, 8:45 AM EDT (12:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired: May 30, 2012, 9:00 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 12:45 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 12:00Z, 0.8 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

910 
WHUS42 KTBW 301245
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
845 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

.PERSISTANT WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO
IS PRODUCING CHOPPY WAVES OF 2 TO 3 FEET ALONG AREA BEACHES
CREATING DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

FLZ049>051-055-060-062-065-310100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0002.120530T1300Z-120531T0100Z/
PASCO-PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
845 AM EDT WED MAY 30 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 RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...AREA BEACHES ALONG THE SUNCOAST AND SOUTHWEST
  FLORIDA.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. RIP CURRENTS ARE
  A THREAT TO ANYONE ENTERING THE SURF.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN IN OR
NEAR THE WATER.

IF CAUGHT IN THE SEAWARD PULL OF A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC OR 
ATTEMPT TO MOVE DIRECTLY TOWARD SHORE. INSTEAD...MOVE SIDEWAYS
ACROSS THE RIP CURRENT UNTIL THE PULL EASES. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY
FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE
BEACH. 

A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IS ISSUED WHEN THREATS SUCH AS RIP
CURRENTS...RED TIDE...OR WHEN OTHER LOCAL HAZARDS ARE POSSIBLE. 

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

&&

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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.