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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 28, 2017, 3:23 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 28, 2017, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2017, 3:23 AM EST (08:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2017, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2017, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 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 08:20 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, 8.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2518 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
096 WHUS42 KTBW 280823 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 323 AM EST SAT JAN 28 2017 FLZ155-290000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.170128T1200Z-170129T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170129T0200Z/ COASTAL MANATEE- 323 AM EST SAT JAN 28 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. * FLORIDA RED TIDE HIGH RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE HIGH RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION... NOAA FORECAST: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS OF NORTHERN MANATEE... POSSIBLE SATURDAY. GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS OF SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY...POSSIBLE SATURDAY. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). 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. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... 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. FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER AT: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. && $$ FLZ050-160-162-165-290000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.170128T1200Z-170129T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 323 AM EST SAT JAN 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAMPA BAY RUSKIN HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
1 follow-up statement
530 WHUS42 KTBW 281945 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAMPA BAY RUSKIN FL 245 PM EST SAT JAN 28 2017 FLZ155-290200- /O.CON.KTBW.BH.S.0003.000000T0000Z-170129T0200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170129T0000Z/ COASTAL MANATEE- 245 PM EST SAT JAN 28 2017 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. * RED TIDE HAZARDS...POSSIBLE RESPIRATORY IRRITATION IN SOME COASTAL AREAS. * FLORIDA RED TIDE HIGH RESPIRATORY IRRITATION POTENTIAL IMPACTS...SYMPTOMS MAY INCLUDE COUGHING...SNEEZING...AND TEARING EYES. PEOPLE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS SUCH AS ASTHMA... EMPHYSEMA AND OTHER PULMONARY DISEASES...MAY BE MORE SENSITIVE. IRRITATION MAY VARY LOCALLY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY. IF YOU EXPERIENCE UNCOMFORTABLE SYMPTOMS...CONSIDER GOING TO AN UNAFFECTED BEACH NEARBY. * FLORIDA RED TIDE HIGH RESPIRATORY IRRITATION TIMING/LOCATION... NOAA FORECAST: NORTHERN/SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY: BAY REGIONS OF NORTHERN MANATEE...POSSIBLE TODAY. GULF COAST AND BAY REGIONS OF SOUTHERN MANATEE COUNTY...POSSIBLE TODAY. FOR RED TIDE FORECAST INFORMATION VISIT HTTP://TIDESANDCURRENTS.NOAA.GOV/HAB (ALL LOWER CASE). 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. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... 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. FLORIDA RED TIDE OBSERVATIONS...YOU CAN FIND UNAFFECTED BEACHES BY CHECKING REPORTS OF RECENT LOCAL OBSERVATIONS AND DATA: MOTE MARINE LABORATORY DAILY BEACH CONDITIONS HTTP://WWW.MOTE.ORG/BEACHES AND THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (FWC) RED TIDE STATUS HTTP://MYFWC.COM/REDTIDESTATUS. FLORIDA RED TIDE HEALTH INFORMATION...CONSULT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH: HTTP://WWW.FLORIDAHEALTH.GOV/ENVIRONMENTAL- HEALTH/AQUATIC- TOXINS/RED-TIDE.HTM OR CALL THE POISON CONTROL CENTER AT: 1 800 222 1222. INCLUSION OF EXTERNAL LINKS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENDORSEMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC)/(NOAA) OF THESE EXTERNAL WEB SITES OR THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, OR SERVICES CONTAINED THEREIN. FLORIDA RED TIDE INFORMATION SOURCES...RED TIDE FORECASTS ARE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE WITH DATA PROVIDED BY THE FWC AND MOTE MARINE LABORATORY. && $$ FLZ050-160-162-165-290000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-170129T0000Z/ PINELLAS-COASTAL SARASOTA-COASTAL CHARLOTTE-COASTAL LEE- 245 PM EST SAT JAN 28 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR THOSE IN THE SURF ZONE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL... FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/TAMPA
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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.