Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 7, 2017, 3:54 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 7, 2017, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 07:54 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, 7.9 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
- 1624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
283 WHUS42 KTBW 070754 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 354 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 FLZ139-142-080100- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS- 354 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...UP TO 4 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GREATEST CONCERN LOOKS TO OCCUR WITH THE SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING TIDE CYCLES. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-080100- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0031.171007T1600Z-171009T0400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 354 AM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
3 follow-up statements
203 WHUS42 KTBW 071856 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 256 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 FLZ139-142-090000- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS- 256 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...UP TO 3 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GREATEST CONCERN LOOKS TO OCCUR WITH THE SATURDAY EVENING AND SUNDAY MORNING TIDE CYCLES. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-171009T0400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 256 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
883 WHUS42 KTBW 080053 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 853 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 FLZ050-080900- /O.EXB.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.171008T0200Z-171008T0900Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-171009T0400Z/ PINELLAS- 853 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...UP TO 3.5 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...TONIGHT. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT 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 COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. 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. && $$ FLZ148-149-080900- /O.EXB.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.171008T0200Z-171008T0900Z/ COASTAL HERNANDO-COASTAL PASCO- 853 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT SUNDAY. * COASTAL FLOODING...UP TO 3.5 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AT TIMES OF HIGH TIDES. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...TONIGHT. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ139-142-080900- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS- 853 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT SUNDAY... * COASTAL FLOODING...ABOUT 4 TO 4.4 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. GREATEST CONCERN IS WITH TONIGHTS HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ151-155-160-162-165-080900- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-171009T0400Z/ COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 853 PM EDT SAT OCT 7 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
622 WHUS42 KTBW 080932 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 532 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 FLZ139-142-090000- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-171009T0000Z/ COASTAL LEVY-COASTAL CITRUS- 532 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * COASTAL FLOODING...ABOUT 3 TO 4 FEET MEAN SEA LEVEL AT TIME OF HIGH TIDE. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...MINOR COASTAL FLOODING AND INUNDATION OF LOW LYING COASTAL ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY INDICATES THAT ONSHORE WINDS AND TIDES WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE FLOODING OF LOW AREAS ALONG THE SHORE. && $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090400- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-171009T0400Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 532 AM EDT SUN OCT 8 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASED WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE AT AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPABAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Oct 7, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 44 min |
| Oct 7, 5:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 90 min |
| Oct 7, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 51 min |
| Oct 7, 7:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 89 min |
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.