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Beach Hazards Statement 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at May 4, 2018, 9:01 PM EDT for Lee County, Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 4, 2018, 9:01 PM EDT (01:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 7, 2018, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Lee County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
139 WHUS42 KTBW 050101 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 901 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018 FLZ165-060400- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0002.180506T0400Z-180507T0400Z/ Coastal Lee- 901 PM EDT Fri May 4 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a Beach Hazards Statement for high respiratory irritation, which is in effect from late Saturday night through Sunday evening. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...Possible respiratory irritation in some coastal areas. For red tide forecast information visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... Symptoms may include coughing...sneezing...and tearing eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma... emphysema...and other pulmonary diseases may be more sensitive. Irritation may vary locally and throughout the day. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms...consider going to an unaffected beach nearby. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST:...Coastal Southern Lee County: Gulf coast and bay regions...possible Sunday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Florida red tide observations...You can find unaffected beaches by checking reports of recent local observations and data: Mote Marine Laboratory daily beach conditions http://www.mote.org/beaches and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) red tide status http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus. Florida red tide health information...Consult the Florida Department of Health: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/aquatic- toxins/red-tide.html or call the Poison Control Center at: 1 800 222 1222. Inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce (DOC)/(NOAA) of these external web sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Florida red tide information sources...red tide forecasts are provided by the National Ocean Service with data provided by the FWC and Mote Marine Laboratory. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/tampa
2 follow-up statements
252 WHUS42 KTBW 052336 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 736 PM EDT Sat May 5 2018 FLZ165-070200- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0002.180506T0400Z-180507T0400Z/ Coastal Lee- 736 PM EDT Sat May 5 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...Possible respiratory irritation in some coastal areas. For red tide forecast information visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... Symptoms may include coughing...sneezing...and tearing eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma... emphysema...and other pulmonary diseases may be more sensitive. Irritation may vary locally and throughout the day. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms...consider going to an unaffected beach nearby. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST:...Coastal Southern Lee County: Gulf coast and bay regions...possible Sunday and Monday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Florida red tide observations...You can find unaffected beaches by checking reports of recent local observations and data: Mote Marine Laboratory daily beach conditions http://www.mote.org/beaches and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) red tide status http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus. Florida red tide health information...Consult the Florida Department of Health: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental- health/aquatic- toxins/red-tide.html or call the Poison Control Center at: 1 800 222 1222. Inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce (DOC)/(NOAA) of these external web sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Florida red tide information sources...red tide forecasts are provided by the National Ocean Service with data provided by the FWC and Mote Marine Laboratory. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/tampa
600 WHUS42 KTBW 062331 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 731 PM EDT Sun May 6 2018 FLZ165-080200- /O.EXT.KTBW.BH.S.0002.000000T0000Z-180508T0200Z/ Coastal Lee- 731 PM EDT Sun May 6 2018 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...Possible respiratory irritation in some coastal areas. For red tide forecast information visit http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... Symptoms may include coughing...sneezing...and tearing eyes. People with respiratory conditions such as asthma... emphysema...and other pulmonary diseases may be more sensitive. Irritation may vary locally and throughout the day. If you experience uncomfortable symptoms...consider going to an unaffected beach nearby. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST:...Coastal Southern Lee County: Gulf coast and bay regions...possible Monday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Florida red tide observations...You can find unaffected beaches by checking reports of recent local observations and data: Mote Marine Laboratory daily beach conditions http://www.mote.org/beaches and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) red tide status http://myfwc.com/redtidestatus. Florida red tide health information...Consult the Florida Department of Health: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental- health/aquatic- toxins/red-tide.html or call the Poison Control Center at: 1 800 222 1222. Inclusion of external links does not constitute endorsement by the Department of Commerce (DOC)/(NOAA) of these external web sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. Florida red tide information sources...red tide forecasts are provided by the National Ocean Service with data provided by the FWC and Mote Marine Laboratory. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/tampa
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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.