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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 15, 2014, 5:10 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 15, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2014, 5:10 AM EDT (09:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2014, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 17 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 09:13 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, 9.2 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
- 1604 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
033 WHUS42 KTBW 150910 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 510 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WITH GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS LEADING TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160300- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0017.140415T1500Z-140416T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 510 AM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
421 WHUS42 KTBW 151853 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 253 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY IS PRODUCING GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS...LEADING TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160800- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-140416T0800Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 253 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
121 WHUS42 KTBW 160033 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 833 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT IS PRODUCING GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS ROUGH SEAS...CONTINUING THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-140416T0800Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 833 PM EDT TUE APR 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 4:53 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 53 hr | |
| Apr 15, 5:15 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 15 hr |
| Apr 15, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Apr 15, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Sumter | 61 min |
| Apr 15, 12:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 54 min |
| Apr 15, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 12:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 52 min |
| Apr 15, 12:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min | |
| Apr 15, 1:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 15, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 3:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 39 min |
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.