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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 24, 2017, 3:33 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 24, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 24, 2017, 3:33 AM EDT (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 24, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2017, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 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 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1206 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
597 WHUS42 KTBW 240733 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 333 AM EDT MON APR 24 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-251400- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0016.170424T1800Z-170425T1400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 333 AM EDT MON APR 24 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
841 WHUS42 KTBW 251359 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 959 AM EDT TUE APR 25 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-251500- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-170425T1400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 959 AM EDT TUE APR 25 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING... DIMINISHING WINDS ON THE GULF OF MEXICO HAVE ALLOWED WATER LEVELS TO DECREASE...LOWERING OF THE RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 3:30 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 16 hr |
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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.