Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Oct 7, 2013, 4:26 AM EDT (08:26 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 7, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 7, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

12 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 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

031 
WHUS42 KTBW 070826
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
426 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT...WITH THE EMBEDDED REMNANTS OF KAREN...OVER THE
GULF THIS MORNING WILL APPROACH AREA BEACHES WITH ROBUST ONSHORE
WINDS THAT RESULT IN A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING.

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-080000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0007.131007T1200Z-131008T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
426 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN STRONG 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

838 
WHUS42 KTBW 071411
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1011 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.A COLD FRONT WITH THE EMBEDDED REMNANTS OF KAREN OVER THE GULF
WILL APPROACH AREA BEACHES TODAY. GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL RESULT
IN CHOPPY SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-080000-
/O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131008T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
1011 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN STRONG 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

140 
WHUS42 KTBW 072348
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
748 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-080100-
/O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-131008T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
748 PM EDT MON OCT 7 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

EVEN THOUGH WINDS AND THE RIP CURRENT THREAT ARE EXPECTED
DIMINISH TONIGHT...OVERNIGHT SWIMMERS ARE CAUTIONED TO MAINTAIN
AWARENESS OF CONDITIONS. INTERMITTENT SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY A
THUNDERSTORM...COULD CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ALONG THE BEACHES
OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA OVERNIGHT.

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

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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.