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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2017, 8:23 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2017, 8:23 AM EDT (12:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2017, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 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 12:23 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, 0.4 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
- 153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 866 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
850 WHUS42 KTBW 251223 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 823 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-251800- /O.EXP.KTBW.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0021.170525T1223Z-170525T1800Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- 823 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SURF WHICH IN TURN WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT 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. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-251330- /O.EXP.KTBW.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS-COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 823 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS EXPIRED... WINDS AND SEAS ON GULF WATERS ARE DECREASING THIS MORNING... ALLOWING WATER LEVELS ALONG THE COAST TO DROP. $$ FLZ162-165-251800- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-170525T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0021.170525T1223Z-170525T1800Z/ COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 823 AM EDT THU MAY 25 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SURF WHICH IN TURN WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Lee | 44 min |
| May 25, 9:02 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 5 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.