Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Apr 29, 2015, 10:44 AM EDT (14:44 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 29, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT

Expired

Apr 30, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

30 hr

Issued by

NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

010 
WHUS42 KTBW 291444
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
1044 AM EDT WED APR 29 2015

...RIP CURRENT THREAT INCREASING ALONG AREA BEACHES...

.RIP CURRENT RISK WILL INCREASE THROUGH TODAY AND TOMORROW AS
ONSHORE WINDS INCREASE AND WAVE ENERGY FOCUSES TOWARDS THE COAST.

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-301200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0014.150429T1800Z-150501T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
1044 AM EDT WED APR 29 2015

...MODERATE TO HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH TOMORROW EVENING. MAY EXTEND INTO FRIDAY IF
  THREAT PERSISTS.

* IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HIGH RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP
  CURRENTS.

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.

&&

$$


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064 
WHUS42 KTBW 300843
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
443 AM EDT THU APR 30 2015

...RIP CURRENT THREAT CONTINUES ALONG AREA BEACHES...

.A MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENT RISK WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING AS ONSHORE WINDS INCREASE AND WAVE ENERGY FOCUSES TOWARDS
THE COAST.

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-010000-
/O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-150501T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
443 AM EDT THU APR 30 2015

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...MODERATE RISK OF LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS.

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

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