Beach Hazards Statement 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Jun 27, 2012, 8:01 AM EDT (12:01 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2012, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Pinellas County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 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.

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WHUS42 KTBW 271201
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
801 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...

FLZ060-062-065-280000-
/O.EXP.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-120627T1200Z/
/O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120627T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0009.120627T1201Z-120628T0000Z/
SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
801 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

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...RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE 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.

$$

FLZ050-051-055-280000-
/O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-120627T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0009.120627T1201Z-120628T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-
801 AM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

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...RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* LOCATION...PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH AND MANATEE COUNTIES.

* POTENTIAL IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE 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.

&&

$$

226 
WHUS42 KTBW 280001
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
801 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENT HAS DIMINISHED... 

.DEBBY HAS BECOME NON-TROPICAL AND CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM
FLORIDA.

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-280115-
/O.EXP.KTBW.BH.S.0009.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
801 PM EDT WED JUN 27 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT EXPIRED AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

DECREASING WINDS HAVE REDUCED THE RIP CURRENT THREAT.

$$


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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.