Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2013, 5:05 AM EST for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 26, 2013, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2013, 5:05 AM EST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2013, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 28, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Pinellas County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1088 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
430 WHUS42 KTBW 261005 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 505 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS TODAY WHICH WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES AS WELL AS INCREASED RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-280000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.131126T1800Z-131128T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0010.131126T1800Z-131128T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 505 AM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE HEIGHTS NEAR SHORE UP TO AROUND 5 OR 6 FEET. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
6 follow-up statements
214 WHUS42 KTBW 261916 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 216 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THIS ONSHORE FLOW WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-270830- /O.EXT.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 216 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE HEIGHTS NEAR SHORE UP TO 5 OR 6 FEET. * TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
275 WHUS42 KTBW 270748 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 248 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... .MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-272130- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 248 AM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE HEIGHTS NEAR SHORE UP TO 5 OR 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
024 WHUS42 KTBW 271939 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 239 PM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON... .MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS ONSHORE FLOW WILL LEAD TO ROUGH SURF AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES...AS WELL AS AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WITH SURF SLOWLY DECREASING BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-281030- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 239 PM EST WED NOV 27 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THURSDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE HEIGHTS NEAR SHORE UP TO 5 OR 6 FEET THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...AND THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
150 WHUS42 KTBW 280953 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 453 AM EST THU NOV 28 2013 FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-281800- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-131128T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131128T1800Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 453 AM EST THU NOV 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WINDS HAVE BECOME NORTHEASTERLY THIS MORNING...KEEPING THE HIGHEST WAVES OFFSHORE. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * TIMING...A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES AND STRONG SHORE PARALLEL CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
010 WHUS42 KTBW 281705 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1205 PM EST THU NOV 28 2013 FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-290000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131129T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 1205 PM EST THU NOV 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...BREAKING WAVES AND STRONG SHORE PARALLEL CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
660 WHUS42 KTBW 290023 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 723 PM EST THU NOV 28 2013 FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-290130- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-131129T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 723 PM EST THU NOV 28 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE TURNED OFFSHORE WITH SURF AND WAVES DIMINISHING NEAR AREA BEACHES...LOWERING THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR PEERS AND JETTIES. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 5:05 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 48 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:29 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Sumter | 24 hr |
| Nov 26, 6:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 min | |
| Nov 26, 6:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 59 min |
| Nov 26, 6:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min |
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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.