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Beach Hazards Statement 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 20, 2015, 4:13 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 20, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 20, 2015, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2015, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:14 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
278 WHUS42 KTBW 200813 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 413 AM EDT MON APR 20 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH AND SURF IN THE 2 TO 3 FOOT RANGE WILL RESULT IN A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-210000- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0003.150420T1400Z-150421T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 413 AM EDT MON APR 20 2015 ...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. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 20, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Okeechobee | 40 min |
| Apr 20, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 2:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 52 min |
| Apr 20, 3:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 2 hr |
| Apr 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 118 min | |
| Apr 20, 3:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 37 min |
| Apr 20, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 26 min |
| Apr 20, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 25 min |
| Apr 20, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 28 min |
| Apr 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 47 min |
| Apr 20, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Apr 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Manatee | 33 min |
| Apr 20, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto | 28 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.