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Rip Current Statement 37, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 27, 2014, 3:39 AM EST for Manatee County, Pinellas County, Sarasota County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 27, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 27, 2014, 3:39 AM EST (08:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 27, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2014, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -152 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
214 WHUS42 KTBW 270839 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 339 AM EST THU NOV 27 2014 ...A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG THE BEACHES OF PINELLAS...MANATEE...AND SARASOTA COUNTIES... .GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. AS A RESULT OF THIS DEVELOPING STRONG ONSHORE FLOW...THERE WILL BE AN ELEVATED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. FLZ050-155-160-272100- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0037.141127T1700Z-141128T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 339 AM EST THU NOV 27 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON 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/TAMPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 3:49 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 33 hr | |
| Nov 27, 3:18 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and 2 more | 12 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.