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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2015, 3:37 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2015, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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 07:36 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, 7.6 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
756 WHUS42 KTBW 280737 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 337 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LEE COUNTY... .BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS WILL HELP FOCUS WAVE ENERGY ON SHORE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-281545- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0019.150728T0737Z-150729T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 337 AM EDT TUE JUL 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...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. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Hernando | 67 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 3:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pinellas | 56 min |
| Jul 28, 11:34 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Sumter | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Sumter | 118 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.