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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 15, 2014, 3:40 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 16, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2014, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 16, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 16, 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 20:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 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
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498 WHUS42 KTBW 152040 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 340 PM EST WED JAN 15 2014 ...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THURSDAY... .A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH TONIGHT FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING WEST AND NORTHWEST THAT WILL BUILD SEAS...RESULT LING IN RIP CURRENTS IN THE MODERATE TO HIGH RISK RANGE. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160930- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 340 PM EST WED JAN 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE WITH WEST AND NORTHWEST WINDS THAT INCREASE AND BUILD SEAS ON THE GULF WATERS...RESULTING IN A RIP CURRENT RISK IN THE MODERATE TO HIGH RANGE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...EARLY THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
771 WHUS42 KTBW 160825 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 325 AM EST THU JAN 16 2014 ...A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .A COLD FRONT SWEEPING THROUGH FLORIDA THIS MORNING FOLLOWED BY BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND THAT WILL BUILD SEAS...RESULTING IN A MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-170000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.140116T1200Z-140117T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 325 AM EST THU JAN 16 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY...WHICH CAN PULL EVEN STRONG SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 5:20 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 34 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:30 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Levy and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:30 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | Levy | 18 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:41 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and 1 more | 13 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.