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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 9, 2018, 3:45 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 9, 2018, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2018, 3:45 AM EST (08:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2018, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 60 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 08:47 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, 8.8 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
- 1448 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
841 WHUS42 KTBW 090845 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 345 AM EST Sun Dec 9 2018 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-110200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0021.181209T1200Z-181211T0200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 345 AM EST Sun Dec 9 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY 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 Monday evening. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents today and Monday. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are likely to continue through late tonight. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
2 follow-up statements
115 WHUS42 KTBW 101938 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 238 PM EST Mon Dec 10 2018 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-120000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-181212T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 238 PM EST Mon Dec 10 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Continued wave action will maintain a high risk for rip currents through Tuesday evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are likely to continue through Tuesday. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampabay
291 WHUS42 KTBW 110853 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 353 AM EST Tue Dec 11 2018 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-120000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-181212T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 353 AM EST Tue Dec 11 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Continued wave action along with gusty winds will maintain a high risk for rip currents through this evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are likely to continue through today. Always swim near a lifeguard, and never swim alone! 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. && $$ https://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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 6:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Dec 9, 7:29 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Dec 9, 8:25 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Dec 9, 8:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Pinellas | 39 min |
| Dec 9, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 60 min |
| Dec 9, 9:26 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 45 min | |
| Dec 9, 9:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 14 min |
| Dec 9, 9:48 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 27 min | |
| Dec 9, 10:17 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 43 min |
| Dec 9, 10:17 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Manatee | 25 min |
| Dec 9, 11:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.