Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 24, 2016, 4:01 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:01 AM EST (09:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 54 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 09:02 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
266 WHUS42 KTBW 240901 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 401 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-250000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.160224T1800Z-160226T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0010.160224T1800Z-160226T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 401 AM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST THURSDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * HIGH SURF TIMING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL INCREASE TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES...MAKING SWIMMING DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
5 follow-up statements
456 WHUS42 KTBW 242046 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 346 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-250930- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160226T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 346 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * HIGH SURF TIMING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES UP TO 5 TO 7 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES... MAKING SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
567 WHUS42 KTBW 250820 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 320 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-260000- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160226T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 320 AM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF TIMING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES 6 TO 8 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TODAY. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND LARGE BREAKING WAVES WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES... MAKING SWIMMING DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
809 WHUS42 KTBW 252043 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 343 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-260030- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160226T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 343 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF TIMING...LARGE BREAKING WAVES 4 TO 6 FEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND BREAKING WAVES OF 4 TO 6 FEET SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES... MAKING SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN DANGEROUS WATER ACTION IS EXPECTED ALONG THE COAST. THIS INCLUDES ROUGH SURF...LARGE BREAKING WAVES...RIP CURRENTS...AND STRONG UNDERTOW. BEACH GOERS ARE URGED TO HEED LIFEGUARD WARNINGS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
974 WHUS42 KTBW 260006 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 706 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-270000- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-160226T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160227T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 706 PM EST THU FEB 25 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS AND BREAKING WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES...MAKING SWIMMING DANGEROUS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY
782 WHUS42 KTBW 260841 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 341 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2016 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-270000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-160227T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 341 AM EST FRI FEB 26 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS AND BREAKING WAVES OF 2 TO 4 FEET WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES... MAKING SWIMMING DANGEROUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:01 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 39 hr |
| Feb 24, 6:01 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Feb 24, 7:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 7:58 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 92 min | |
| Feb 24, 8:47 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:28 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 62 min | |
| Feb 24, 9:32 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 9:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Polk, Sumter | 11 min |
| Feb 24, 10:13 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 10:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 58 min |
| Feb 24, 11:08 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 52 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:17 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 28 min | |
| Feb 24, 11:18 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 11:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Feb 24, 12:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 12:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 12:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 12:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 12:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 1:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 86 min | |
| Feb 24, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 1:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 1:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 2:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 2:31 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto | 119 min |
| Feb 24, 2:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, Lee | 53 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.