Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Mar 25, 2014, 4:30 AM EDT (08:30 UTC)

In effect from

Mar 25, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT

Expired

Mar 26, 2014, 9:27 AM EDT

In force

21 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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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697 
WHUS42 KTBW 250830
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
430 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS
MORNING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ALLOWING SEAS TO BUILD TO
ADVISORY LEVELS AND INCREASING THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA
BEACHES.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-261600-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.140325T1600Z-140326T1600Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0014.140325T1600Z-140326T1600Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
430 AM EDT TUE MAR 25 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON EDT
WEDNESDAY...
...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
EDT WEDNESDAY. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP
CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING. 

* WAVES AND SURF...WAVES WILL BUILD TO 4 TO 6 FEET BY LATE THIS
  AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
  WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN BE
  EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES.

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.

&&

$$


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561 
WHUS42 KTBW 260840
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
440 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-261600-
/O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T1600Z/
/O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-140326T1600Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
440 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...
...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY...

* WAVES AND SURF...WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET EARLY WILL DIMINISH TO 2 TO 3
  FEET IN THE AFTERNOON.

* TIMING...THROUGH NOON.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN BE 
  EXPECTED AT AREA BEACHES. 

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.

&&

$$


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799 
WHUS42 KTBW 261327
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
927 AM EDT WED MAR 26 2014

...RIP CURRENT AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES ARE CANCELLED...

.WINDS HAVE SHIFTED OFF SHORE.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-261430-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140326T1600Z/
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-140326T1600Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
927 AM EDT WED MAR 26 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. 



$$


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