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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 27, 2015, 10:21 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2015, 10:21 AM EDT (14:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2015, 2:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 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 14:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 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
- 1571 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.6
- Supercell composite
- -4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
074 WHUS42 KTBW 271421 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1021 AM EDT MON APR 27 2015 ...STEADY ONSHORE WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH A SOUTHWEST SWELL WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND WILL RESULT IN AN ELEVATED RISK OF MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-282100- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0013.150427T1421Z-150428T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1021 AM EDT MON APR 27 2015 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
326 WHUS42 KTBW 280724 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 324 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150430T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 324 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
912 WHUS42 KTBW 280724 CCA CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 324 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290000- /O.COR.KTBW.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150430T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 324 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...RIP CURRENTS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
217 WHUS42 KTBW 281805 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 205 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 ...RIP CURRENT STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR AREA BEACHES... .RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN REDUCED AS WINDS HAVE BECOME OFF SHORE. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-281915- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-150430T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 205 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 45 min |
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.