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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 9, 2014, 4:29 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 9, 2014, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2014, 4:29 AM EST (09:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 10, 2014, 2:11 PM EST
- In force
- 26 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 09:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
306 WHUS42 KTBW 090929 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 429 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA THIS MORNING WITH INCREASING WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH THE DAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON PERSISTING INTO TONIGHT. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-091730- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0038.141209T1700Z-141210T1200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 429 AM EST TUE DEC 9 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS WILL DEVELOP AT 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
899 WHUS42 KTBW 100830 CFWTBW COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 330 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CREATE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY RELAX THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-101630- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-141210T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 330 AM EST WED DEC 10 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
520 WHUS42 KTBW 101911 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 211 PM EST WED DEC 10 2014 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-102015- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-141210T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 211 PM EST WED DEC 10 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. WINDS OVER THE GULF WATERS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED AND THE MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN DROPPED ALTHOUGH ISOLATED RIP WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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.