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Beach Hazards Statement 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 12, 2013, 4:51 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2013, 4:51 AM EDT (08:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 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 08:52 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, 8.9 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
196 WHUS42 KTBW 120851 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 451 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL CREATE A RIP CURRENT RISK AT ALL AREA BEACHES IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA TODAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-130000- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0013.130412T1400Z-130413T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 451 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...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 RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HAZARDS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BEACHES OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. * POTENTIAL IMPACTS...A RIP CURRENT IS A 10 TO 30 YARD WIDE CHANNEL OF WATER THAT CAN PULL EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 54 min |
| Apr 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 46 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.