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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

February 5, 20155 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2015, 4:52 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 5, 2015, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2015, 4:52 AM EST (09:52 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2015, 10:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 5, 2015, 11:00 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2015-02-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

371 
WHUS42 KTBW 050952
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
452 AM EST THU FEB 5 2015

...MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.WINDS WILL SHIFT NORTHWEST IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT TODAY AND
BECOME GUSTY ALONG AREA BEACHES. RESULTING SURF AND LONG SHORE
CURRENTS WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS.

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-060400-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0008.150205T1500Z-150206T0400Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
452 AM EST THU FEB 5 2015

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ALONG 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.

&&

$$


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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 1:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW55 min
Feb 5, 1:38 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW52 min
Feb 5, 1:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW63 min
Feb 5, 2:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota45 min
Feb 5, 3:36 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningTBW54 min
Feb 5, 3:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWLee45 min
Feb 5, 8:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee, Sarasota39 min

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.