Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Oct 8, 2013, 4:02 AM EDT (08:02 UTC)

In effect from

Oct 8, 2013, 8:00 AM EDT

Expired

Oct 8, 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 08:03 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.

999 
WHUS42 KTBW 080802
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
402 AM EDT TUE OCT 8 2013

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES...

.ONSHORE WINDS OF 15 MPH WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS TODAY AT BEACHES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
FLORIDA.

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-081615-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0008.131008T1200Z-131009T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
402 AM EDT TUE OCT 8 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...THROUGH 8 PM TODAY

* 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

490 
WHUS42 KTBW 090002
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
802 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2013

FLZ050-051-055-060-062-065-090115-
/O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-131009T0000Z/
PINELLAS-HILLSBOROUGH-MANATEE-SARASOTA-CHARLOTTE-LEE-
802 PM EDT TUE OCT 8 2013

...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

SWIMMERS ARE STILL ADVISED TO MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF BEACH
CONDITIONS AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF LIFEGUARDS.

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013

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.