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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 13, 2019, 2:23 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 14, 2019, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 29 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2019, 2:23 PM EST (19:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2019, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2019, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 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 19:23 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, 7.4 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 740 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
298 WHUS42 KTBW 131923 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 223 PM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-150000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0026.191214T1200Z-191215T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 223 PM EST Fri Dec 13 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will lead to dangerous swimming conditions at area beaches. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
927 WHUS42 KTBW 140754 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 254 AM EST Sat Dec 14 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-151700- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0026.191214T1200Z-191215T1700Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 254 AM EST Sat Dec 14 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXTENDED AND NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday morning through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Strong rip currents will lead to dangerous swimming conditions at area beaches. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ 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.