Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 2, 2015, 9:03 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 2, 2015, 9:03 AM EDT (13:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2015, 3:11 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 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 13:05 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, 1.1 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
262 WHUS42 KTBW 021303 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 903 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .AS HURRICANE JOAQUIN LIFTS NORTH FROM THE BAHAMAS AND A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS NORTH OF FLORIDA...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ALONG THE COAST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL INCREASE AND PRODUCE BREEZY WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-022115- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0026.151002T1303Z-151005T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 903 AM EDT FRI OCT 2 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 AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIP CURRENT THREAT IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. * 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
6 follow-up statements
447 WHUS42 KTBW 021907 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 307 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .AS HURRICANE JOAQUIN LIFTS NORTH FROM THE BAHAMAS AND A SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS NORTH OF FLORIDA...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO ALONG THE COAST OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WILL INCREASE AND PRODUCE BREEZY WINDS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-040000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-151005T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 307 PM EDT FRI OCT 2 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIP CURRENT THREAT IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
898 WHUS42 KTBW 031757 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 157 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THE WEEKEND... .STEADY ONSHORE WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF WESTERN FLORIDA. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-041100- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-151005T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 157 PM EDT SAT OCT 3 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING. THE RIP CURRENT THREAT IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. * 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. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
757 WHUS42 KTBW 040801 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 401 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES... .STEADY ONSHORE WINDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WILL LEAD TO ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST FLORIDA. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-050000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-151005T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 401 AM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST THIS EVENING. THE RIP CURRENT THREAT IS FORECAST TO DIMINISH SOME THROUGH THE DAY ON MONDAY...ALTHOUGH RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...MARINE CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
099 WHUS42 KTBW 042220 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 620 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL MAINTAIN A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-050900- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-151006T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 620 PM EDT SUN OCT 4 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
716 WHUS42 KTBW 050746 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 346 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT AREA BEACHES... .A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WILL BEGIN TO RELAX TODAY...ALTHOUGH STILL MAINTAINING A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW THROUGH TODAY. THESE WINDS WILL SUPPORT ELEVATED SURF AND A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES THROUGH THE PERIOD. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-060000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-151006T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 346 AM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...A MODERATE ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL SUPPORT STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
005 WHUS42 KTBW 051911 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 311 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .ONSHORE FLOW AND SURF LEVELS CONTINUE TO DECLINE ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALTHOUGH RIP CURRENTS CAN STILL OCCUR...THE THREAT FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS APPEARS TO BE ENDING. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-052015- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-151006T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 311 PM EDT MON OCT 5 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. ONSHORE FLOW AND SURF LEVELS CONTINUE TO DECLINE ALONG AREA BEACHES. ALTHOUGH RIP CURRENTS CAN STILL OCCUR...THE THREAT FOR STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS APPEARS TO BE ENDING. $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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.