Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Mar 6, 2014, 5:21 AM EST (10:21 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 6, 2014, 1:00 PM EST

Expired

Mar 6, 2014, 1:32 PM EST

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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598 
WHUS42 KTBW 061021
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
521 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL BRING A MODERATE RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS TO LOCAL AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH 
EARLY TONIGHT...

.A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL
GULF OF MEXICO WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASING SOUTHWEST WIND
FLOW OVER THE GULF WATERS TODAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. THESE INCREASING WINDS WILL LEAD TO A MODERATE
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-070200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0010.140306T1800Z-140307T0200Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
521 AM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP 
  CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER 
  WATER. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

091 
WHUS42 KTBW 061832
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
132 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK CANCELLED...

.RECENT BEACH OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS LOW
SO THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-061945-
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-140307T0200Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
132 PM EST THU MAR 6 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED
THE RIP CURRENT RISK. 

$$


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.