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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 15, 2014, 4:11 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 16, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 2014, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 16, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
986 WHUS42 KTBW 152011 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 411 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS BEGINNING WEDNESDAY MORNING... .STRENGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL BRING INCREASING WAVE ENERGY TO THE COAST WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-161100- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0022.140716T0800Z-140718T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 411 PM EDT TUE JUL 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...BEGINNING BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
4 follow-up statements
221 WHUS42 KTBW 160827 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 427 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS... .STRENGTHENING WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL BRING INCREASING WAVE ENERGY TO THE COAST TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-162030- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-140718T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 427 AM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
089 WHUS42 KTBW 161940 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 340 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY... .ENHANCED WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BRING INCREASED WAVE ENERGY TO THE COAST THROUGH THURSDAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-171100- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-140718T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 340 PM EDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
389 WHUS42 KTBW 170725 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 325 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .ENHANCED WESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN GULF WILL CONTINUE TO BRING INCREASED WAVE ENERGY TO THE COAST TODAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-180000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-140718T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 325 AM EDT THU JUL 17 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
617 WHUS42 KTBW 180016 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 816 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2014 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-180130- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-140718T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 816 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES HAS DIMINISHED THUS THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN ALLOW TO EXPIRE. LIGHTER WINDS ALONG WITH SUBSIDING SEAS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE GULF WATER THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHT SEAS EXPECTED DURING THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 51 min |
| Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Highlands | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 5:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 55 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.