Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Nov 25, 2014, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)

In effect from

Nov 26, 2014, 8:00 AM EST

Expired

Nov 26, 2014, 1:53 PM EST

In force

6 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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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509 
WHUS42 KTBW 252003
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
303 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT ON WEDNESDAY...
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY...

.A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE GULF WATER LATER
TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE
FORCE LATER TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THESE INCREASING
ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF
RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-262100-
/O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0012.141126T1300Z-141126T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0036.141126T1300Z-141126T2100Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
303 PM EST TUE NOV 25 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY...
...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 4 PM EST
WEDNESDAY. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP
CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

* WAVES AND SURF...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS
  WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE. THESE INCREASING WINDS WILL HELP TO
  BUILD WAVES INTO THE 5 TO 6 FOOT RANGE ALONG AREA BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE
  EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY.

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.

&&

$$


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476 
WHUS42 KTBW 260821
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
321 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY...
...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY...

.A COLD IS MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS IN ITS WAKE. LARGE WAVES OFFSHORE WILL
PROPAGATE TOWARD THE COAST RESULTING IN DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND
OCCASIONAL HIGH SURF.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-262100-
/O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0012.141126T1300Z-141126T2100Z/
/O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0036.141126T1300Z-141126T2100Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
321 AM EST WED NOV 26 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO
4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

* WAVES AND SURF...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 KNOTS
  WITH GUSTS UP TO GALE FORCE. THESE INCREASING WINDS WILL HELP TO
  BUILD SURF INTO THE 4 TO 5 FOOT RANGE ALONG AREA BEACHES ON
  WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE 
  EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY.

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.

&&

$$


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663 
WHUS42 KTBW 261853
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
153 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-262000-
/O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0036.000000T0000Z-141126T2100Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
153 PM EST WED NOV 26 2014

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED
THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN
CANCELLED.

WINDS AND SEAS OVER THE GULF WATERS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH
AND SUBSIDE THIS AFTERNOON...AND WAVE HEIGHTS ALONG AREA BEACHES
HAVE COME DOWN BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THUS THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY
HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IN ADDITION THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS HAS
ALSO DIMINISHED THUS THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS ALSO CANCELLED. 

$$


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