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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 19, 20145 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 19, 2014, 7:49 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 19, 2014, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 19, 2014, 7:49 AM EST (12:49 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 19, 2014, 8:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 19, 2014, 8:57 PM EST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

253 
WHUS42 KTBW 191249
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
749 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2014

...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS TODAY WILL INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT THREAT
ALONG AREA BEACHES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE AND SHIFT MORE
NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT WHICH WILL DIMINISH THE THREAT.

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-200400-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.140119T1300Z-140120T0400Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
749 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. 

* IMPACTS...PERSISTENT AND BREEZY ONSHORE 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

776 
WHUS42 KTBW 200157
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
857 PM EST SUN JAN 19 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK DIMINISHING...

.WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED ALONG THE COAST AND WAVES MOVING TOWARD THE
COAST ARE SUBSIDING.

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-200300-
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-140120T0400Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
857 PM EST SUN JAN 19 2014

...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED
THE RIP CURRENT RISK. 

THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED.

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014 Every rip current statement in 2014

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.