Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Issued

Apr 2, 2016, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 2, 2016, 5:00 AM EDT

Expired

Apr 3, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

39 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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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207 
WHUS42 KTBW 020813
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
413 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0014.160402T0900Z-160403T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
413 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...WAVES OF 3 FEET COMING FROM THE WEST WILL
  PRODUCE A 2 TO 3 FOOT SURF AT AREA BEACHES AND LEAD TO A HIGH
  RISK FOR 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. 

HIGH RISK... RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING
THE WATER. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS.

&&

$$


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480 
WHUS42 KTBW 022010
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
410 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-040000-
/O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-160404T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-
COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE-
410 PM EDT SAT APR 2 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...

* RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET COMING FROM THE WEST
  WILL PRODUCE 2 TO 3 FOOT SURF AT AREA BEACHES RESULTING IN A
  HIGH RISK FOR 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.

HIGH RISK... RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING
THE WATER. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS.

&&

$$

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016

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.