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Beach Hazards Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Apr 24, 2015, 2:34 PM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 25, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2015, 2:34 PM EDT (18:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
246 WHUS42 KTBW 241834 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 234 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .STEADY ONSHORE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-155-160-162-165-251200- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0004.150425T1500Z-150427T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- COASTAL LEE- 234 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY 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 SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * HAZARDS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
800 WHUS42 KTBW 250732 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 332 AM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY... .STEADY ONSHORE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS FROM LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-155-160-162-165-260000- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0004.150425T1500Z-150427T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- COASTAL LEE- 332 AM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
968 WHUS42 KTBW 251853 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 253 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY... .STEADY ONSHORE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-155-160-162-165-261100- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150427T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- COASTAL LEE- 253 PM EDT SAT APR 25 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * HAZARDS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
363 WHUS42 KTBW 260836 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 436 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STEADY ONSHORE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-155-160-162-165-270000- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150427T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- COASTAL LEE- 436 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HAZARDS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
Nearby
Beach Hazards Statements in Florida, 2015Every beach hazards statement in 2015
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.