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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 31, 2014, 2:02 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 1, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2014, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 1, 2014, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2014, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 29 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 18:04 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, 6.0 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 804 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
455 WHUS42 KTBW 311802 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 202 PM EDT FRI OCT 31 2014 ...BUILDING SEAS ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND EARLY ON SATURDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE THIS FRONT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE OVER THE GULF WATERS. THESE INCREASING WINDS WILL HELP TO BUILD SEAS INTO THE 7 TO 9 FOOT RANGE NEAR SHORE AND 10 TO 15 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. THE BUILDING SEAS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING SURF AND WAVE ACTION ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-011000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0010.141101T0400Z-141102T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0030.141101T0400Z-141102T0900Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 202 PM EDT FRI OCT 31 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT TO 4 AM EST SUNDAY. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * WAVES AND SURF...SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET NEAR SHORE AND 10 TO 15 FEET OFFSHORE. * TIMING...MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
584 WHUS42 KTBW 010854 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 454 AM EDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 20 TO 25 KNOT RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE OVER THE GULF WATERS. THESE INCREASING WINDS WILL HELP TO BUILD SEAS INTO THE 7 TO 9 FOOT RANGE NEAR SHORE AND 10 TO 15 FEET OVER THE OFFSHORE GULF WATERS TODAY. THE BUILDING SEAS WILL LEAD TO INCREASING SURF AND WAVE ACTION ALONG WITH A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-020900- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-141102T0900Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-141102T0900Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 454 AM EDT SAT NOV 1 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST SUNDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WAVES AND SURF...SEAS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 9 FEET NEAR SHORE AND 10 TO 15 FEET OFFSHORE. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
153 WHUS42 KTBW 020902 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 402 AM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY... .WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ALONG THE COAST TODAY...BUT SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE BEACHES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-022200- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-141102T0900Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-141102T0900Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0031.141102T0902Z-141102T2200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 402 AM EST SUN NOV 2 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 4:55 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 54 hr | |
| Oct 31, 2:02 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 39 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:10 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 30 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.