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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 25, 2015, 10:01 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2015, 10:01 PM EST (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2015, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 24 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 03:02 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, 3.0 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
101 WHUS42 KTBW 260301 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1001 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-261515- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0011.150226T0301Z-150226T1600Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1001 PM EST WED FEB 25 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...INCREASING RIP OF 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
662 WHUS42 KTBW 260843 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 343 AM EST THU FEB 26 2015 ...HIGH SURF AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LARGE WAVES OVER THE GULF WILL PROPAGATE TOWARD THE COAST TODAY THEN SUBSIDE IN THE EVENING. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-270300- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.150226T0900Z-150227T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150227T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 343 AM EST THU FEB 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...WAVES OF 10 FEET WILL GENERATE SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET TODAY. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
233 WHUS42 KTBW 270255 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 955 PM EST THU FEB 26 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST... .WINDS HAVE TURNED TO THE NORTH AND WEAKENED AND SEA SWELLS HAVE DIMINISHED ALLOWING THE HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK TO EXPIRE. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-270400- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-150227T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-150227T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 955 PM EST THU FEB 26 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE TURNED TO THE NORTH AND WEAKENED AND SEA SWELLS HAVE DIMINISHED LOWERING THE HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISKS. $$ 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 26, 1:08 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 112 min | |
| Feb 26, 1:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 1:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 18 min |
| Feb 26, 1:50 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Feb 26, 2:07 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 38 min |
| Feb 26, 2:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco, Sumter | 64 min |
| Feb 26, 2:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Feb 26, 3:27 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Feb 26, 3:43 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 18 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 35 min |
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.