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Rip Current Statement 33, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 26, 2017, 3:27 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 26, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2017, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2017, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2017, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 15 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 07:32 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, 7.5 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
- 1759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
381 WHUS42 KTBW 260727 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 327 AM EDT THU OCT 26 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-261530- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0033.171026T0900Z-171027T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 327 AM EDT THU OCT 26 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...LINGERING WAVE ACTION OFFSHORE WILL PROPAGATE TOWARDS THE COAST TODAY CREATING 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
781 WHUS42 KTBW 262353 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 753 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-270100- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0033.000000T0000Z-171027T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 753 PM EDT THU OCT 26 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... .WITH WINDS OFFSHORE AND CONTINUING TO SUBSIDE, THE HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS HAS DIMINISHED. && $$ 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.