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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

December 29, 20135 counties in Florida

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 450 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 29, 3:52 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW6 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.