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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2015, 3:29 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2015, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2015, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 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 08:29 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 00:00Z, 8.5 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
- 667 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
166 WHUS42 KTBW 180829 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 329 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0010.150218T1200Z-150220T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 329 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
956 WHUS42 KTBW 182004 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 304 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-191000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.150219T0300Z-150220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 304 PM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. * WAVES AND SURF...SURF WILL BEGIN TO BUILD LATE TONIGHT AND REMAIN ELEVATED INTO THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
107 WHUS42 KTBW 190858 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 358 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 358 AM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
351 WHUS42 KTBW 200005 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 705 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK DIMINISHING... .GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH AND SHIFT TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OVERNIGHT. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200115- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-150220T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 705 PM EST THU FEB 19 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THERE IS STILL AN ENHANCED RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES AS WINDS CONTINUE FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO A MORE OFFSHORE DIRECTION BY MIDNIGHT. WILL ALLOW THE ADVISORIES TO EXPIRE BUT SOME RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. $$ 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 17, 9:00 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 48 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:18 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:18 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 30 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:18 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:25 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:04 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 28 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.