Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Jun 6, 2013, 11:26 PM EDT (03:26 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2013, 6:00 PM EDT

In force

19 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

County Pinellas County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WHUS42 KTBW 070326
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1126 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...TROPICAL STORM ANDREA MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION...

.HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE IN THE
WAKE OF TROPICAL STORM ANDREA.

FLZ050-055-060-062-065-071130-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.130607T0326Z-130607T2000Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0002.130607T0326Z-130607T2000Z/
PINELLAS-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
1126 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FRIDAY...
...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT FRIDAY. A
RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS
IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET.

* TIMING...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF WILL PERSIST TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AND
  GRADUALLY SUBSIDE FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

&&

$$


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855 
WHUS42 KTBW 070754
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
354 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...TROPICAL STORM ANDREA MOVING AWAY FROM THE REGION...

.ONSHORE FLOW AND RESIDUAL SWELL IN THE WAKE OF TROPICAL STORM
ANDREA WILL CONTINUE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. SURF IS
SLOWLY SUBSIDING AND HAS DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS EARLY THIS
MORNING. THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

FLZ050-055-060-062-065-072200-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-130607T2000Z/
/O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-130607T2200Z/
PINELLAS-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
354 AM EDT FRI JUN 7 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED
THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. 

* TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT
  INTO DEEPER WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

&&

$$


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