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Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 24, 2014, 5:00 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 24, 2014, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2014, 5:00 AM EST (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2014, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 11 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 10:00 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, 10.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452 WHUS42 KTBW 241000 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 500 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .ROBUST SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. WINDS BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE AFTERNOON. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-250000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0039.141224T1300Z-141225T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 500 AM EST WED DEC 24 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * 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. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 3:19 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 86 min | |
| Dec 24, 4:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 3 hr | |
| Dec 24, 4:08 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory for Hazardous Seas | TBW | 12 hr | |
| Dec 24, 4:38 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 52 min |
| Dec 24, 4:41 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 94 min | |
| Dec 24, 5:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Sumter | 57 min |
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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.