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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 29, 2013, 3:52 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 29, 2013, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2013, 3:52 AM EST (08:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2013, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 29, 2013, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 8 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 08:56 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, 8.9 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
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952 WHUS42 KTBW 290852 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 352 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES... .GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ050-155-160-162-165-291700- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0014.131229T1200Z-131229T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- COASTAL LEE- 352 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 3 PM. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES WHICH WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
027 WHUS42 KTBW 292015 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 315 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... .GUSTY WINDS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT HAVE DIMINISHED AS THE FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. FLZ050-155-160-162-165-292115- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-131229T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- COASTAL LEE- 315 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... RIP CURRENT RISK HAS DIMINISHED. RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 3:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 6 hr |
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.