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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 30, 2017, 8:44 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2017, 8:44 PM EDT (00:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2017, 8:54 AM 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 00:48 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, 0.7 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
- 1151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
483 WHUS42 KTBW 310044 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 844 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-010000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0026.170731T0044Z-170801T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 844 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * 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. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
880 WHUS42 KTBW 311254 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 854 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-311400- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-170801T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 854 AM EDT MON JUL 31 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK DUE TO THE ISSUANCE OF A TROPICAL STORM WARNING. RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE A THREAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 5:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 5 hr | |
| Jul 31, 5:37 AM EDT | Flood Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Jul 31, 6:32 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Jul 31, 8:38 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 9 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 10 days |
| Jul 31, 9:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 24 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 4 days |
| Jul 31, 9:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 3 days |
| Jul 31, 10:38 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 112 min |
| Jul 31, 10:50 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 25 min |
| Jul 31, 11:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Manatee | 113 min |
| Jul 31, 11:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Manatee, Sarasota | 95 min |
| Jul 31, 12:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 91 min |
| Jul 31, 2:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 2 hr | |
| Jul 31, 3:19 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 3 days |
| Jul 31, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 52 min |
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.