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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 7, 2014, 3:32 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 7, 2014, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2014, 3:32 AM EST (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 7, 2014, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2014, 4:58 AM EST
- In force
- 19 hr
- 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 radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WHUS42 KTBW 070832 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 332 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...AN INCREASING NORTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL BRING A BUILDING SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO LOCAL AREA BEACHES LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHEAST U.S. COAST THIS MORNING WILL SUPPORT AN INCREASING NORTHWEST WIND FLOW OVER THE GULF WATERS TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 20 KNOT RANGE WITH HIGHER GUSTS BY MID MORNING. THESE INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-080300- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.140307T1500Z-140308T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0011.140307T1500Z-140308T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 332 AM EST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING TO 10 PM THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT AREA BEACHES TODAY WITH SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING INTO THE 4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE. * TIMING...FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
055 WHUS42 KTBW 071956 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 256 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-080300- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-140308T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140308T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 256 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... WAVE HEIGHTS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW ADVISORY THRESHOLDS...THEREFORE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
528 WHUS42 KTBW 072247 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 547 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-081200- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 547 PM EST FRI MAR 7 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH 7 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
209 WHUS42 KTBW 080958 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 458 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .SUBSIDING WINDS HAS LED TO THE RIP CURRENT RISK BEING CANCELLED. RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-081100- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140308T1200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 458 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 3:17 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 15 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:32 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 11 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:38 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 23 hr |
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.