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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 22, 2018, 3:18 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 22, 2018, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 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 07:16 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, 7.3 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
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
909 WHUS42 KTBW 220718 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 318 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-230300- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0008.180322T0718Z-180323T0300Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 318 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 ...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...Breezy north to northwest winds and increased wave action will lead to frequent and dangerous rip currents through this evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along area beaches. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. HIGH RISK... RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. && $$ http://www.weather.gov/tampa
1 follow-up statement
856 WHUS42 KTBW 221401 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-222215- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-180323T0300Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 1001 AM EDT Thu Mar 22 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Breezy north to northwest winds and increased wave action will lead to frequent and dangerous rip currents through this evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will be hazardous for those in the surf zone along area beaches. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. HIGH RISK... RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE-THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. THE SURF IS DANGEROUS FOR ALL SWIMMERS. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 3:18 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Pinellas, Polk | 17 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:00 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 20 hr | |
| Mar 22, 3:01 PM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Charlotte, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Polk | 30 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.