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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2014, 4:56 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2014, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 21, 2014, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2014, 3:17 PM EST
- In force
- 29 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 09:57 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, 9.9 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
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
555 WHUS42 KTBW 210956 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 456 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK INCREASES TODAY WITH HIGH SURF THIS EVENING... .BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. SURF WILL BUILD THIS EVENING AS SWELLS COME ONSHORE. CONDITIONS WILL WEDNESDAY MORNING AS WINDS SUBSIDE. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-221500- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.140122T0000Z-140122T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0006.140121T1500Z-140122T1500Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 456 AM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF UP TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SURF WILL BUILD THIS EVENING AND SUBSIDE WEDNESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
4 follow-up statements
986 WHUS42 KTBW 211924 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 224 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SURF WILL BUILD QUICKLY BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT THIS EVENING AND REACH ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BUT RESIDUAL SWELLS WILL KEEP BOTH THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-221200- /O.EXT.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.140122T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 224 PM EST TUE JAN 21 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST WEDNESDAY... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 7 FEET ALONG THE PINELLAS COUNTY COAST...AND 4 TO 6 FEET ALONG THE SUNCOAST BEACHES. * TIMING...FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SURF WILL BUILD QUICKLY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND THEN SUBSIDE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
429 WHUS42 KTBW 220852 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 352 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF BUILT UP BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT LAST NIGHT...REACHING ADVISORY LEVELS. WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT RESIDUAL SWELLS WILL KEEP BOTH THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-222100- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 352 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 7 FEET ALONG THE PINELLAS COUNTY COAST... AND 4 TO 6 FEET ALONG THE SUNCOAST BEACHES. * TIMING...FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH SURF WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY SUBSIDE LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
547 WHUS42 KTBW 221514 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1014 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .WINDS WILL SUBSIDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT RESIDUAL SWELLS WILL KEEP THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AND HIGH SURF ADVISORIES IN EFFECT THROUGH 4 PM. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-222100- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1014 AM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES AT AREA BEACHES WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS AND ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AS WELL AS LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. 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
254 WHUS42 KTBW 222017 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 317 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-222130- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-140122T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 317 PM EST WED JAN 22 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... WAVE HEIGHTS HAVE DECREASED SUFFICIENTLY SUCH THAT A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS NO LONGER NEEDED. THEREFORE...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND THE ELEVATED RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ 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 21, 4:23 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | Levy | 29 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:23 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 15 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:56 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 34 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:46 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 59 min |
| Jan 21, 2:14 PM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco, Polk | 19 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:32 PM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 56 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every 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.