Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 11, 2017, 3:19 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2017, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2017, 8:57 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 19:22 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, 7.3 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
396 WHUS42 KTBW 111919 CFWTBW COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 319 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST... .TROPICAL STORM IRMA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION. IN ITS WAKE, STRONG AND PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE MAINTAINING HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ155-160-162-165-120330- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.170911T1919Z-170912T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0029.170911T1919Z-170912T1200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 319 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...LOCAL WIND WAVE ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. 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. 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. && $$ 13
2 follow-up statements
730 WHUS42 KTBW 112105 CFWTBW COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 505 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE ALONG THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA COAST... .TROPICAL STORM IRMA CONTINUES TO WEAKEN AND PULL AWAY FROM THE REGION. IN ITS WAKE, STRONG AND PERSISTENT EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ARE MAINTAINING HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ050-151-120515- /O.EXA.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KTBW.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH- 505 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...LOCAL WIND WAVE ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. 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. 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. && $$ FLZ155-160-162-165-120515- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 505 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WAVES AND SURF...LOCAL WIND WAVE ACTION WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. 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. 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. && $$ 13
383 WHUS42 KTBW 120057 CFWTBW COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA 857 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-120200- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/ /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-170912T1200Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 857 PM EDT MON SEP 11 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. CONDITIONS ARE GRADUALLY IMPROVING ALONG THE COAST. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 11:14 PM EDT | Extreme Wind Warning | TBW | Polk | 91 min |
| Sep 11, 1:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 60 min |
| Sep 11, 2:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 57 min |
| Sep 11, 3:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 58 min |
| Sep 11, 5:29 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 10 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 20 hr | |
| Sep 11, 3:08 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 3:19 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 6 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017
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.