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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2015, 10:22 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2015, 10:22 AM EST (15:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 7, 2015, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2015, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 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 15:25 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, 3.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
108 WHUS42 KTBW 071522 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1022 AM EST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE GALE CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THIS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-072330- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.150108T0300Z-150108T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0002.150108T0300Z-150108T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1022 AM EST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. A RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 30 KNOTS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BUILD SURF TO AROUND 5 FEET TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * TIMING...SURF BUILDING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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
058 WHUS42 KTBW 080040 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 740 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... .STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE GALE CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. THIS WILL CREATE HIGH SURF ALONG THE COAST AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-081200- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.150108T0300Z-150108T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0002.150108T0300Z-150108T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 740 PM EST WED JAN 7 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL BUILD SURF TO AROUND 5 FEET TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. * TIMING...SURF BUILDING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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
231 WHUS42 KTBW 080908 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 408 AM EST THU JAN 8 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY... .STRONG WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WILL CREATE ROUGH CONDITIONS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY LEADING TO A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-082100- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 408 AM EST THU JAN 8 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY
560 WHUS42 KTBW 082038 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 338 PM EST THU JAN 8 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-082145- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150108T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 338 PM EST THU JAN 8 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... SWIMMERS SHOULD HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. WAVES WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE AS THE EVENING CONTINUES. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 4:24 AM EST | Gale Warning | TBW | 29 hr | |
| Jan 7, 4:24 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 36 hr | |
| Jan 7, 10:22 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:22 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:23 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Sumter | 23 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:23 AM EST | Hard Freeze Warning | TBW | Levy | 24 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.