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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 28, 2015, 1:21 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2015, 1:21 PM EST (18:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2015, 6:49 PM EST
- In force
- 53 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 18:25 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, 6.4 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 763 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
032 WHUS42 KTBW 281821 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 121 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290945- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0032.151228T1821Z-151229T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 121 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
7 follow-up statements
120 WHUS42 KTBW 290158 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 858 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-292100- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151229T2100Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 858 PM EST MON DEC 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
715 WHUS42 KTBW 290930 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 430 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-291730- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151230T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 430 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
052 WHUS42 KTBW 291538 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1038 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-301500- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.151229T1538Z-151230T2000Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151230T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1038 AM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY. * HIGH SURF...SURF UP TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
395 WHUS42 KTBW 300215 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 915 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-302000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151230T2000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151230T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 915 PM EST TUE DEC 29 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * HIGH SURF...SURF UP TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
334 WHUS42 KTBW 300854 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 354 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-302000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151230T2000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151230T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 354 AM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * HIGH SURF...SURF UP TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
442 WHUS42 KTBW 301954 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 254 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-310000- /O.EXT.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151231T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151231T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 254 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ELEVATED SEAS COMBINED WITH A EASTWARD MOVING LONG PERIOD SWELL OVER THE GULF WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
302 WHUS42 KTBW 302349 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 649 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-310100- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-151231T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-151231T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 649 PM EST WED DEC 30 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE PERIOD OF LARGE SWELL FROM THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO HAS SUBSIDED...AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE WAVES AND RIP CURRENTS HAS DECREASED. $$ 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.