Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Sep 24, 2013, 9:14 AM EDT (13:14 UTC)

Expired

Sep 26, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

59 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 13:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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673 
WHUS42 KTBW 241314
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
914 AM EDT TUE SEP 24 2013

...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS IN THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL
LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
THROUGH AT LEAST WEDNESDAY. 

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-260000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.130924T1314Z-130926T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
914 AM EDT TUE SEP 24 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT
  INTO DEEPER WATER. 

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

175 
WHUS42 KTBW 251906
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
306 PM EDT WED SEP 25 2013

...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO AROUND 15 KNOTS AND CHOPPY BREAKING WAVES
WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA
BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY.

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-270000-
/O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130927T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
306 PM EDT WED SEP 25 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THURSDAY

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS 
  OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. 

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

978 
WHUS42 KTBW 270003
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
803 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2013

...RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS EXPIRED...

.NORTHWEST WINDS ARE BECOMING NORTH AND DECREASING...REDUCING THE
THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS. 

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-270115-
/O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-130927T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
803 PM EDT THU SEP 26 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

NORTHWEST WINDS ARE BECOMING NORTH AND DECREASING...REDUCING THE
THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS.

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

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