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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2017, 3:37 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 5, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2017, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 5, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2017, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -262 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1288 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
771 WHUS42 KTBW 050737 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 337 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-060200- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.170505T1600Z-170506T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0018.170505T1200Z-170506T0200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 337 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * HIGH SURF...4 TO 6 FEET. * HIGH SURF TIMING...BEGINNING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. . * RIP CURRENT TIMING...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
960 WHUS42 KTBW 051849 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 249 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-061600- /O.EXT.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170506T1600Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-170507T0200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 249 PM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * HIGH SURF...4 TO 6 FEET NOW THEN 3 TO 5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. * HIGH SURF TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
848 WHUS42 KTBW 060755 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 355 AM EDT SAT MAY 6 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-061600- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-170506T1600Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-170507T0200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 355 AM EDT SAT MAY 6 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF...4 TO 6 FEET NOW THEN 3 TO 5 FEET SATURDAY MORNING. * HIGH SURF TIMING...NOW THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL CREATE LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:33 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 37 hr | |
| May 5, 3:37 AM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter | 16 hr |
| May 5, 3:37 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 32 hr |
| May 5, 5:38 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Levy, Polk, Sumter | 10 hr |
Nearby
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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.