Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 7, 2016, 12:32 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2016, 12:32 PM EDT (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 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 16:33 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, 4.5 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
521 WHUS42 KTBW 071632 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 1232 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 FLZ155-160-162-081000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0023.161007T1632Z-161009T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161012T0200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- 1232 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE ALONG WITH A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. * 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: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS OF NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN MANATEE...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SATURDAY. GULF COAST OF SOUTHERN MANATEE...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SATURDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS OF NORTHERN SARASOTA...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SATURDAY. BAY REGIONS AND GULF COAST OF NORTHERN SARASOTA...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SATURDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE TODAY. GULF COAST...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SATURDAY. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ050-151-165-081000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0023.161007T1632Z-161009T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE- 1232 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE ALONG WITH A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY
2 follow-up statements
353 WHUS42 KTBW 080029 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 829 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 FLZ155-160-162-090000- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161012T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-161009T0000Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- 829 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE ALONG WITH A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. * 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: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GULF COAST OF SOUTHERN MANATEE...POSSIBLE SATURDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: GULF COAST OF NORTHERN SARASOTA...POSSIBLE SATURDAY. BAY REGIONS OF NORTHERN SARASOTA...POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. GULF COAST OF SOUTHERN SARASOTA...POSSIBLE SUNDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY: GULF COAST...POSSIBLE SATURDAY. 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...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ050-151-165-090000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-161009T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE- 829 PM EDT FRI OCT 7 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...LARGE BREAKING WAVES IN THE 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE ALONG WITH A STRONG ONSHORE FLOW WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
386 WHUS42 KTBW 090021 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 821 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 FLZ155-160-162-100200- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-161009T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161012T0200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE- 821 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... * 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: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NORTHERN/SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE MONDAY. 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-165-090130- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-161009T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL LEE- 821 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND WAVES HAVE DIMINISHED RESULTING IN A LESSER RISK OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 68 hr |
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.