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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 15, 2014, 6:03 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 15, 2014, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2014, 6:03 AM EST (11:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2014, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2014, 9:39 PM EST
- In force
- 15 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 11:07 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, 11.1 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
- 1549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
412 WHUS42 KTBW 151103 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 603 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE BUILDING SEAS AND ROUGH SURF WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160400- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0009.140215T1200Z-140216T0400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 603 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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...TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
756 WHUS42 KTBW 152055 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 355 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE BUILDING SEAS AND ROUGH SURF WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160400- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-140216T0400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 355 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE REST OF THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT AT AREA BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS CAN PULL EVEN THE STRONGEST SWIMMERS OUT INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
010 WHUS42 KTBW 160239 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 939 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...WINDS AND SEAS ARE DIMINISHING... .HIGH PRESSURE IN THE GULF IS MOVING EAST WITH A RELAXING GRADIENT ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-160345- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-140216T0400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 939 PM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. THE RELAXING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL ALLOW WINDS TO DIMINISH AND BEGIN TO VEER...ALLOWING THE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TO DECREASE. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 5:10 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 15, 5:23 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 82 min | |
| Feb 15, 7:41 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Feb 15, 3:54 PM EST | Frost Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 17 hr |
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.