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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 9, 2019, 2:39 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 9, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2019, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2019, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 18:38 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, 6.7 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
- 1087 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 284 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted.
872 WHUS42 KTBW 091839 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 239 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-110000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0008.190410T0000Z-190411T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 239 PM EDT Tue Apr 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 8 PM EDT this evening through Wednesday evening. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents this evening through Wednesday evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Life threatening Rip Currents are likely 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
1 follow-up statement
615 WHUS42 KTBW 110000 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 800 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2019 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-110100- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-190411T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 800 PM EDT Wed Apr 10 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXPIRED AT 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... $$ 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.