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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 6, 2014, 5:23 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2014, 5:23 AM EST (10:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 35 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 10:20 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, 10.4 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
- 48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
939 WHUS42 KTBW 061023 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 523 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING .A COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN WITH STRONG NORTHWEST AND NORTH WINDS THAT PRODUCE SEAS UP TO 8 TO 11 FEET ON OFFSHORE WATERS BY THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-062300- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.140106T1300Z-140106T2300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0002.140106T1300Z-140106T2300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 523 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE SURF HEIGHTS OF UP 6 FEET BY THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
173 WHUS42 KTBW 062225 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 525 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND RIP CURRENT RISK EXTENDED OVERNIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE PASSING COLD FRONT...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS PRODUCING SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-071000- /O.EXT.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T1000Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T1000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 525 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE SURF HEIGHTS OF UP 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
922 WHUS42 KTBW 070301 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1001 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND RIP CURRENT RISK EXTENDED OVERNIGHT... .HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE PASSING COLD FRONT...WITH STRONG NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS PRODUCING SEAS OF 8 TO 12 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-071000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T1000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140107T1000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1001 PM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE SURF HEIGHTS OF UP 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
131 WHUS42 KTBW 070957 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 457 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE IS MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST...WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS PRODUCING SEAS UP TO 12 FEET IN THE OFFSHORE WATERS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-080000- /O.EXT.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-140108T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-140108T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 457 AM EST TUE JAN 7 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH WAVE SURF HEIGHTS OF UP 5 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 4:49 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 29 hr | |
| Jan 6, 4:58 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:58 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:58 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Jan 6, 4:58 AM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 28 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:00 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 6, 5:23 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 38 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:19 PM EST | Gale Warning | TBW | 9 hr | |
| Jan 6, 1:19 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 27 hr | |
| Jan 6, 3:12 PM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 14 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.