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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 22, 2016, 2:46 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 22, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2016, 2:46 AM EDT (06:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 22, 2016, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2016, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:46 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, 6.8 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
- 130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
753 WHUS42 KTBW 220646 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 246 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 FLZ155-160-230000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0024.161022T1200Z-161023T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161025T0200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 246 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF STRONG OR FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. * 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: SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-162-165-230000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0024.161022T1200Z-161023T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 246 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...A HIGH RISK OF STRONG OR FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
105 WHUS42 KTBW 221826 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 226 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 FLZ155-160-230200- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161025T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-161023T0000Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 226 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...INCREASED WAVE ACTION AT AREA BEACHES WILL LEAD TO RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. * 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: SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SUNDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE TODAY AND SUNDAY. 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-162-165-230000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-161023T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 226 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...INCREASED WAVE ACTION AT AREA BEACHES WILL LEAD TO RIP CURRENTS...WHICH WILL GENERATE DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
222 WHUS42 KTBW 222340 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 740 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 FLZ155-160-240100- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-161023T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-161025T0200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 740 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT 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: SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY. NORTHERN SARASOTA COUNTY: BAY REGIONS...POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND 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. && $$ FLZ050-151-162-165-230045- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-161023T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 740 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE TURNED TO THE NORTH...AND SURF HAS BEGUN TO SUBSIDE ALLOWING THE RIP CURRENT RISK TO DIMINISH. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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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.