Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2013
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2013, 3:38 AM EDT for Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2013, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2013, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- 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 07:41 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, 7.6 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
- 1085 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
201 WHUS42 KTBW 240738 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 338 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .DEVELOPING MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA WEST COAST LATER TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...AN ELEVATED MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND LINGERING THROUGH TONIGHT. FLZ050-051-055-060-242200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0004.130724T1600Z-130725T1000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA- 338 AM EDT WED JUL 24 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
563 WHUS42 KTBW 250737 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 337 AM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...ELEVATED RIP CURRENTS RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .MODERATE WESTERLY FLOW OVER THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES ALONG PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA WEST COAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS A RESULT...AN ELEVATED MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL ALSO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLZ050-051-055-060-260300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-130726T0300Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA- 337 AM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
994 WHUS42 KTBW 260156 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 956 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 FLZ062-065-261000- /O.EXB.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-130726T1000Z/ CHARLOTTE-LEE- 956 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. && $$ FLZ050-051-055-060-261000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-130726T1000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA- 956 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT FRIDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
063 WHUS42 KTBW 260919 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 519 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-270000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-130727T0000Z/ PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE- 519 AM EDT FRI JUL 26 2013 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM TODAY. * IMPACTS...MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS MAY PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...HILLSBOROUGH...MANATEE...SARASOTA...CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES THROUGH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 9:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus | 53 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.