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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2019, 5:03 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 28, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 28, 2019, 5:03 AM EDT (09:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 28, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2019, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 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 09:03 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, 9.1 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
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
557 WHUS42 KTBW 280903 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 503 AM EDT Mon Oct 28 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0020.191028T1000Z-191029T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 503 AM EDT Mon Oct 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM EDT THIS MORNING 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...Increased wave action will continue to create rip currents today. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will create dangerous swimming conditions at 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. 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
1 follow-up statement
394 WHUS42 KTBW 281845 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 245 PM EDT Mon Oct 28 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-281945- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-191029T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 245 PM EDT Mon Oct 28 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. Seas continue to reside and onshore flow has weakened. Therefore the threat of rip currents has diminished. $$ https://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.