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Rip Current Statement 35, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 23, 2014, 5:25 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 23, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 23, 2014, 5:25 AM EST (10:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 23, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 10:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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
- 155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
237 WHUS42 KTBW 231025 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 525 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE REGION TODAY WITH BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS SHIFTING TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON. AS A RESULT...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-240000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0035.141123T1200Z-141124T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 525 AM EST SUN NOV 23 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...AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENT DEVELOPMENT WILL EXIST AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. 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/TAMPABAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2:25 PM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.