Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Aug 8, 2015, 8:04 PM EDT (00:04 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 2015, 4:34 AM EDT

In force

9 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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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014 
WHUS42 KTBW 090004
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
804 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM PINELLAS
COUNTY SOUTHWARD TO LEE COUNTY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

.ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND MUCH OF SUNDAY RESULTING
IN INCREASED SURF AND THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP
CURRENTS ALONG AREAS BEACHES TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090815-
/O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-150809T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0022.150809T0004Z-150810T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
804 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING. 

* RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER 
  AND OR MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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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815 
WHUS42 KTBW 090834
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
434 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2015

...RIP CURRENT RISK HAS DIMINISHED...

.WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DIMINISHED ACROSS THE GULF REDUCING THE RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS.


FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090945-
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-150810T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
434 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED
THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. 

WHILE THE RIP CURRENT THREAT HAS BEEN REDUCED... STRONG CURRENTS
CAN OCCUR NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. ALWAYS HAVE A FLOTATION DEVICE
WITH YOU IN THE WATER.

$$


HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

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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.