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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 28, 2015, 10:50 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2015, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2015, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 14:52 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, 2.8 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
555 WHUS42 KTBW 281450 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1050 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .AS A LOW TREKS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND THEN ONSHORE THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SEAS ALSO ON THE RISE. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-300000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0024.150928T1450Z-150930T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1050 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND 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. HIGH RISK... RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
319 WHUS42 KTBW 290950 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 550 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AS A LOW TREKS NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO... WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY AND THEN ONSHORE TODAY...WITH SEAS ALSO ON THE RISE. THIS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-300000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-150930T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 550 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. HIGH RISK... RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. && $$ 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 27, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 61 min |
| Sep 28, 4:12 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Lee, Levy and 4 more | 31 hr |
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.