Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2013, 9:52 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 29, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2013, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2013, 10:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
County Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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
- 1069 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 911 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
986 WHUS42 KTBW 291352 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 952 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS GENERATING CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES PRODUCING A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND POSSIBLE HIGH RISK ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-292200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0003.130629T1400Z-130702T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 952 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
9 follow-up statements
377 WHUS42 KTBW 292230 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY... .INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO IS GENERATING CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES PRODUCING A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLE HIGH RISK ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-301000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130702T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 630 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
806 WHUS42 KTBW 300711 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 311 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAY BRIEFLY RISE TO HIGH LEVELS ON MONDAY BEFORE SUBSIDING ONCE AGAIN DURING THE MIDDLE AND LATER PORTION OF THE WEEK. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-302100- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130702T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 311 AM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
077 WHUS42 KTBW 301839 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 239 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-020000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130702T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 239 PM EDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
836 WHUS42 KTBW 010744 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 344 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-012100- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130702T1600Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 344 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
859 WHUS42 KTBW 011919 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 319 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY MORNING...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-030000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130703T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 319 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
274 WHUS42 KTBW 012241 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 641 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...ELEVATED DANGEROUS RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-030000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130703T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 641 PM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
758 WHUS42 KTBW 020822 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 422 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...ELEVATED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-022100- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130703T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 422 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
665 WHUS42 KTBW 021937 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 337 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...ELEVATED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXTENDED THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES COMING ONSHORE AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-040000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 337 PM EDT TUE JUL 2 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
147 WHUS42 KTBW 030920 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 520 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...ELEVATED RISK FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS EXTENDED THROUGH THIS EVENING... .STEADY AND LONG DURATION SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS OVER THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES COMING ONSHORE AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-040000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-130704T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 520 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 52 min |
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.