Beach Hazards Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Jun 6, 2012, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)

In effect from

Jun 6, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT

Expired

Jun 6, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Pinellas County, FL

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WHUS42 KTBW 060851
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
451 AM EDT WED JUN 6 2012

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

.A BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF
MEXICO WILL PRODUCE CHOPPY WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES CREATING
DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-070100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0005.120606T1400Z-120607T0100Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
451 AM EDT WED JUN 6 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 A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...AREA BEACHES ALONG THE SUNCOAST AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
  FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LEE COUNTY.

* 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 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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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.