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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2017, 3:33 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2017, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2017, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2017, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 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 19:37 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, 7.6 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
- 943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
736 WHUS42 KTBW 281933 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 333 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290800- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.171029T1200Z-171030T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0034.171029T1200Z-171030T1500Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 333 PM EDT SAT OCT 28 2017 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 11 PM EDT SUNDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * HIGH SURF...OF 3 TO 5 FEET. * HIGH SURF TIMING...FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED RISK OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. 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. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
2 follow-up statements
487 WHUS42 KTBW 290804 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 404 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-300300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0034.171029T1200Z-171030T2000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.171029T1200Z-171030T0300Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 404 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * HIGH SURF...OF 4 TO 6 FEET. * HIGH SURF TIMING...FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * HIGH SURF IMPACTS...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...INCREASING WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED RISK OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS FROM EARLY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY...SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
817 WHUS42 KTBW 300711 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 311 AM EDT MON OCT 30 2017 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-302000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-171030T2000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL HILLSBOROUGH-COASTAL MANATEE-COASTAL SARASOTA- COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 311 AM EDT MON OCT 30 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...ELEVATED WAVE ACTION WILL CREATE AN ENHANCED RISK OF STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. 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. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 3:08 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 6 more | 26 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:17 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 32 hr | |
| Oct 28, 3:33 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 31 hr |
| Oct 28, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Sarasota | 86 min |
| Oct 28, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Highlands | 4 hr |
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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.