Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 31, 2015, 6:03 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2015, 6:03 AM EDT (10:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 10:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Cape Canaveral, FL (KXMR), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 509 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
442 WHUS42 KTBW 311003 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 603 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LEE COUNTY... .BREEZY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY BEYOND. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-011200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0020.150731T1003Z-150801T1200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 603 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AND POSSIBLY BEYOND. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
7 follow-up statements
064 WHUS42 KTBW 010137 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 937 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD THROUGH LEE COUNTY... .ELEVATED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RESULTING SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH SATURDAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-020000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150802T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 937 PM EDT FRI JUL 31 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
565 WHUS42 KTBW 011802 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 202 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND... .ELEVATED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RESULTING SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150803T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 202 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
682 WHUS42 KTBW 011957 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 357 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND... ...ONSHORE FLOW CREATING TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDES THROUGH SUNDAY... .ELEVATED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RESULTING SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH SUNDAY. FLZ139-142-148-149-021000- /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.S.0001.150801T1957Z-150803T1200Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 357 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERSISTENT ONSHORE FLOW HAS CAUSED TIDES TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES AND IS CAUSING MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...AREAS IMPACTED THIS AFTERNOON BY COASTAL FLOODING WILL IMPROVE BETWEEN 4 TO 7 PM. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR AGAIN TONIGHT A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE WITH WATER LEVELS ABOUT ONE HALF TO ONE FOOT LOWER THAN WHAT WAS EXPERIENCED SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AGAIN A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE AT LEVELS SIMILAR TO WHAT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-021000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150803T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 357 PM EDT SAT AUG 1 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
140 WHUS42 KTBW 020707 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 307 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CREATE TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .ELEVATED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RESULTING SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO CREATE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WITH SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TODAY AND AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FLZ139-142-148-149-030000- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 307 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...TIDES 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES TODAY THROUGH EARLY MONDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF THE NEXT HIGH TIDE. ADDITIONAL MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL REDEVELOP SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING WILL OCCUR TODAY AND AGAIN EARLY MONDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150803T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 307 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
123 WHUS42 KTBW 021954 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 354 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...AN ENHANCED ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY... .ELEVATED SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RESULTING SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO CREATE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WITH SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-031300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150803T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 354 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-031200- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150803T1200Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 354 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE... * COASTAL FLOODING...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH EARLY MONDAY WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR EARLY MONDAY MORNING A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR EARLY MONDAY MORNING. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
910 WHUS42 KTBW 030736 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 336 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... ...AN ENHANCED ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .MODERATE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS AND RESULTING SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO CREATE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WITH SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING POSSIBLE AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON. FLZ139-142-148-149-032000- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150803T2000Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 336 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE TODAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH TODAY WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING MAY OCCUR. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-032000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150803T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 336 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
851 WHUS42 KTBW 031516 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1116 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...AN ENHANCED ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN TIDES OF 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH TONIGHT FROM PINELLAS COUNTY NORTHWARD TO LEVY COUNTY... ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .MODERATE WESTERLY ONSHORE WINDS AND RESULTING ELEVATED SURF WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. THE MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL ALSO CREATE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES WITH MINOR COASTAL FLOODING EXPECTED AROUND THE TIME OF THE HIGH TIDE CYCLES THROUGH TONIGHT. FLZ050-040615- /O.EXB.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150804T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150804T0600Z/ PINELLAS- 1116 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH TONIGHT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING COULD OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE...AND AGAIN DURING THE AFTER MIDNIGHT HIGH TIDE CYCLE. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-040615- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-150804T1200Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 1116 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING LIKELY AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH TONIGHT... * COASTAL FLOODING...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL CAUSE TIDES TO RUN 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL VALUES THROUGH TONIGHT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE CYCLE...A COUPLE OF HOURS EITHER SIDE OF HIGH TIDE...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN DURING THE AFTER MIDNIGHT HIGH TIDE CYCLE. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR. RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. $$ FLZ151-155-160-162-165-040600- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-150804T0600Z/ COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1116 AM EDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS SUPPORT STRONGER OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT FIGHT IT BY TRYING TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE. TRY TO GET THE ATTENTION OF LIFEGUARDS BY CALLING OUT OR WAVING YOUR HANDS. IF YOU ARE ABLE OR IF NO HELP IS AVAILABLE...SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...AND THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. && $$ 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 30, 9:08 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 7 days |
| Jul 31, 11:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 45 min | |
| Jul 31, 12:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Jul 31, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 45 min | |
| Jul 31, 3:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 36 min |
| Jul 31, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 23 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.