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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 12, 2014, 5:33 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2014, 5:33 AM EDT (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2014, 9:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 09:32 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, 9.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1544 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828 WHUS42 KTBW 120933 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 533 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...BREEZY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TODAY WILL SHIFT TO NORTH NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY BRINGING A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO LOCAL AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-130900- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0012.140312T1200Z-140314T0100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 533 AM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. 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/TAMPABAY
3 follow-up statements
347 WHUS42 KTBW 122003 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 403 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...BREEZY SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TODAY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST BEHIND A COLD FRONT BRINGING A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF TO LOCAL AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-130415- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.140313T0900Z-140314T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-140314T0100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 403 PM EDT WED MAR 12 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM EDT THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING. SURF HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 4 TO 6 FOOT RANGE AT AREA BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY. 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
390 WHUS42 KTBW 130834 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 434 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LIKELY TODAY... FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-140300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-140314T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.140313T0900Z-140314T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 434 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL GENERATE SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
499 WHUS42 KTBW 140153 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 953 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND TURNED TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST LOWERING THE HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-140300- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-140314T0300Z/ /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-140314T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 953 PM EDT THU MAR 13 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS SUBSIDED. RIP CURRENTS ARE STILL POSSIBLE NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. $$ 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 12, 4:41 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Mar 12, 5:09 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 41 hr | |
| Mar 12, 4:03 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 30 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.