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Beach Hazards Statement 1, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this beach hazards statement at Jan 15, 2016, 2:24 PM EST for Manatee County, Sarasota County, Florida. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2016, 2:24 PM EST (19:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 17, 2016, 10:00 PM EST
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Manatee County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 518 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
962 WHUS42 KTBW 151924 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 224 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 FLZ050-160200- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160115T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ PINELLAS- 224 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...BREEZY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN WATER LEVELS AROUND 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE NORMAL ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM TARPON SPRINGS SOUTH TO SAINT PETE BEACH. * 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...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. 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. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-152100- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160115T2100Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 224 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL MAINTAIN WATER LEVELS AROUND 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM THE MOUTH OF THE SUWANNEE RIVER SOUTH TO CEDAR KEY AND COASTAL CITRUS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ155-160-160330- /O.NEW.KTBW.BH.S.0001.160115T1924Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 224 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION DUE TO FLORIDA RED TIDE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE FRIDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE FRIDAY. * 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...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION...PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. && $$ FLZ151-162-165-160200- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 224 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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766 WHUS42 KTBW 160157 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 857 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 FLZ155-160-161500- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T1500Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 857 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL-HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION...PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-162-165-161500- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160116T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160116T1500Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 857 PM EST FRI JAN 15 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...BREEZY SOUTH WINDS WILL CREATE SURF OF 3 TO 5 FEET AND A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
194 WHUS42 KTBW 161006 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 506 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 FLZ155-160-170300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 506 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL REMAIN 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY AND THEN INCREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION...PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-162-165-170300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 506 AM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL REMAIN 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY AND THEN INCREASE TO 4 TO 6 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY
408 WHUS42 KTBW 162009 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 309 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 FLZ155-160-172100- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.W.0001.160117T1200Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.160117T0800Z-160117T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 309 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION...PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. 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 WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ050-151-172100- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.W.0001.160117T1200Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.160117T0800Z-160117T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH- 309 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ162-165-172100- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.W.0001.160117T1200Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 309 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 10 PM EST SUNDAY. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 5 TO 7 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH THE EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-172100- /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.160117T0800Z-160117T2100Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 309 PM EST SAT JAN 16 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 4 PM EST SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
780 WHUS42 KTBW 171249 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 749 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ155-160-172100- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 749 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 6 TO 8 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION...PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. 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 WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ050-151-172100- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T2100Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH- 749 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE AREA AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 6 TO 8 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ162-165-172100- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 749 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 6 TO 8 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 8 FEET THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-172100- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160117T2100Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 749 AM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AND AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
214 WHUS42 KTBW 171917 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 217 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ155-160-180300- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 217 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS... SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA...AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION...NOAA FORECAST: MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS...THROUGH 10 PM SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS THROUGH EVENING. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM LEE COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL REMAIN AT 4 TO 6 FEET THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT...LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION...PRODUCTS OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. 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 WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ050-151-180300- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH- 217 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF A LOW PRESSURE AREA AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM LEE COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL REMAIN AT 4 TO 6 FEET THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ162-165-180300- /O.EXB.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 217 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF...SURF OF 4 TO 6 FEET CAN BE EXPECTED. * HIGH SURF TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES ALONG WITH LARGE BREAKING WAVES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...SURF WILL REMAIN 4 TO 6 FEET THE REMAINDER OF TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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. A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-180300- /O.EXT.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 217 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE WAKE OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL CREATE WATER LEVELS 2 TO 3 FEET ABOVE ASTRONOMICAL TIDE LEVELS. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...HIGHER THAN NORMAL WATER LEVELS WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS ALONG THE COAST...FROM SARASOTA COUNTY NORTHWARD TO THE NATURE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
815 WHUS42 KTBW 180302 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1002 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 FLZ155-160-181500- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.BH.S.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.W.0002.160118T0302Z-160118T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.160118T0302Z-160118T1500Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 1002 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-162-165-181500- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.W.0002.160118T0302Z-160118T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.160118T0302Z-160118T1500Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 1002 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...HIGH SURF WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF WARNING INDICATES THAT DANGEROUS...BATTERING WAVES WILL POUND THE SHORELINE. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS...AND DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-180415- /O.EXP.KTBW.CF.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-160118T0300Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 1002 PM EST SUN JAN 17 2016 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AS THEY BECOME MORE NORTHERLY...REDUCING THE THREAT OF FLOODING. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 3:59 AM EST | Rip Current Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 66 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:59 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 15 hr | |
| Jan 15, 3:59 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 17 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:00 AM EST | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 15, 6:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 2 hr | |
| Jan 15, 7:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 58 min |
| Jan 15, 8:24 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 96 min | |
| Jan 15, 8:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Sumter | 75 min |
| Jan 15, 8:52 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Jan 15, 9:36 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 54 min | |
| Jan 15, 9:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Jan 15, 9:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Lee | 59 min |
| Jan 15, 10:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Sumter | 59 min |
| Jan 15, 10:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Lee | 37 min |
| Jan 15, 10:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Jan 15, 10:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 2 hr |
| Jan 15, 10:45 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee | 90 min |
| Jan 15, 10:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 23 min |
| Jan 15, 11:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 51 min |
| Jan 15, 11:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 16 min |
| Jan 15, 11:31 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 44 min | |
| Jan 15, 11:47 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Lee | 28 min |
| Jan 15, 12:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 43 min |
| Jan 15, 12:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Lee | 55 min |
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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.