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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 3, 2014, 2:23 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 4, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2014, 2:23 PM EDT (18:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2014, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 18:25 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, 6.4 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
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
490 WHUS42 KTBW 031823 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 223 PM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014 ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENT IS EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES... .THE FIRST STRONG COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL CROSS THE REGION SATURDAY MORNING...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THESE ONSHORE WINDS AND THE RESULTING WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK TO MODERATE LEVELS FOR THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. THE RIP CURRENT RISK SHOULD DIMINISH AGAIN BY SUNDAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO AN OFFSHORE NORTHEAST DIRECTION. FLZ050-155-160-041200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0027.141004T1200Z-141005T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 223 PM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY 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 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
613 WHUS42 KTBW 040802 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 402 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENT IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES... .THE FIRST STRONG COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THESE ONSHORE WINDS AND THE RESULTING WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK TO MODERATE LEVELS FOR THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES. THE RIP CURRENT RISK SHOULD DIMINISH AGAIN BY SUNDAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO AN OFFSHORE NORTHEAST DIRECTION. FLZ050-155-160-050300- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0027.141004T1200Z-141005T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 402 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
713 WHUS42 KTBW 041329 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 929 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .THE FIRST STRONG COLD FRONT OF THE SEASON WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THESE ONSHORE WINDS AND THE RESULTING WAVE ACTION WILL RESULT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK TO MODERATE LEVELS FOR THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY. FLZ151-162-165-050300- /O.EXA.KTBW.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-141005T0300Z/ COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 929 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS 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 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. && $$ FLZ050-155-160-050300- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-141005T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 929 AM EDT SAT OCT 4 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AND CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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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.