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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 8, 2015, 3:50 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 8, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2015, 3:50 AM EDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 8, 2015, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 07:53 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, 7.8 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
- 522 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 970 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
789 WHUS42 KTBW 080750 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 350 AM EDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... .SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR AN INCREASED RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0023.150908T1200Z-150909T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 350 AM EDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND OR MORE FREQUENT 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
169 WHUS42 KTBW 090026 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 826 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090130- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-150909T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 826 PM EDT TUE SEP 8 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED THIS EVENING THUS THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 8:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 min | |
| Sep 8, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 46 min |
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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.