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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 26, 2020, 2:46 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 26, 2020, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 26, 2020, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 26, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 29, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 19:46 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, 7.8 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
- 1762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
486 WHUS42 KTBW 261946 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 246 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-281200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0011.200227T0000Z-200228T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 246 PM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 7 PM EST this evening through Friday morning. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents this evening through Friday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
3 follow-up statements
898 WHUS42 KTBW 271941 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 241 PM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290200- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200229T0200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 241 PM EST Thu Feb 27 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents this evening through Friday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
359 WHUS42 KTBW 290024 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 724 PM EST Fri Feb 28 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290830- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200229T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 724 PM EST Fri Feb 28 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN EXTENDED AND NOW IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents this evening through Saturday Afternoon. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
896 WHUS42 KTBW 290853 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 353 AM EST Sat Feb 29 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-010000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-200301T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 353 AM EST Sat Feb 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents this evening through Saturday evening. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 26, 4:00 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 33 hr | |
| Feb 26, 1:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 3:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 min | |
| Feb 26, 3:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 3:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Feb 26, 4:00 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Manatee, Polk, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Feb 26, 4:25 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min | |
| Feb 26, 4:34 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Sarasota | 41 min |
| Feb 26, 5:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Feb 26, 5:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Feb 26, 6:01 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Feb 26, 6:15 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Highlands, Lee | 45 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.