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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 2, 2015, 3:57 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 2, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2015, 3:57 AM EST (08:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2015, 4:00 AM EST
- In force
- 21 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 08:59 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, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
629 WHUS42 KTBW 020857 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 357 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST AND BECOMING GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030900- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0007.150202T1200Z-150203T0900Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 357 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY
1 follow-up statement
886 WHUS42 KTBW 030903 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 403 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...RISK FOR ENHANCED RIP CURRENTS IS ENDING... .WINDS ARE TURNING OFFSHORE AND WILL REDUCE THE RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-031015- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150203T0900Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 403 AM EST TUE FEB 3 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK EXPIRED AT 4 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE THREAT FOR STRONGER RIP CURRENTS IS DIMINISHING. STRONG CURRENTS CAN OCCUR NEAR PIERS AND JETTIES. ALWAYS HAVE A FLOTATION DEVICE IN THE WATER WITH YOU. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 4:46 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 29 hr | |
| Feb 2, 11:06 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 39 min |
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.