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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 25, 20175 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 25, 2017, 5:15 AM EDT for 5 counties in Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 25, 2017, 5:15 AM EDT (09:15 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Tampa Bay, FL

Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 56 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1455 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WHUS42 KTBW 250915
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
515 AM EDT WED OCT 25 2017

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-251715-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0032.171025T0915Z-171026T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
515 AM EDT WED OCT 25 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE AN
  ENHANCED RISK OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH
  EARLY THIS EVENING.

* RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE
  HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. 

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. 

&&

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HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

1 follow-up statement

505 
WHUS42 KTBW 260006
CFWTBW

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL
806 PM EDT WED OCT 25 2017

FLZ050-155-160-162-165-260115-
/O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0032.000000T0000Z-171026T0000Z/
PINELLAS-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-
COASTAL LEE-
806 PM EDT WED OCT 25 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED...

WINDS ACROSS THE WATERS HAVE CONTINUED TO DIMINISH...REDUCING THE
HIGH WAVE ACTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE RIP CURRENT RISK.


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HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA

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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.