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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 19, 2020, 6:01 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 20, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2020, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 20, 2020, 5:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 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 22:02 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, 10.0 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1304 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
148 WHUS42 KTBW 192201 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 601 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 FLZ139-142-201415- /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.S.0001.200420T1200Z-200420T2300Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus- 601 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 ...Minor Coastal Flooding Possible... * COASTAL FLOODING...Minor coastal flooding will be possible at time of high tide on Monday along the Levy and Citrus county coastline. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...From 8 AM EDT on Monday through 7 PM EDT Monday evening, with the greatest threat during the high tide cycle between 11 AM and 2 PM EDT. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Minor coastal flooding will be possible with tides running 1 to 2 feet above normal which may produce minor coastal flooding and overwash and runup along coastal roadways. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-201415- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0017.200420T0900Z-200421T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 601 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 5 AM EDT Monday through Tuesday afternoon. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create dangerous rip currents along area beaches from early Monday morning through early Tuesday afternoon. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
2 follow-up statements
943 WHUS42 KTBW 201616 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1216 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 FLZ139-142-202300- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200420T2300Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus- 1216 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 ...Minor Coastal Floording Possible... * COASTAL FLOODING...Minor coastal flooding will be possible at time of high tide on Monday along the Levy and Citrus county coastline. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...From 8 AM EDT on Monday through 7 PM EDT Monday evening, with the greatest threat during the high tide cycle between 11 AM and 2 PM EDT. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Minor coastal flooding will be possible with tides running 1 to 2 feet above normal which may produce minor coastal flooding and overwash and runup along coastal roadways. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-202300- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200421T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 1216 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create dangerous rip currents along area beaches from early Monday morning through early Tuesday afternoon. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
337 WHUS42 KTBW 202327 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 727 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 FLZ139-142-210030- /O.EXP.KTBW.CF.S.0001.000000T0000Z-200420T2300Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus- 727 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 The threat for minor coastal flooding along the Levy and Citrus county coasts has decreased this evening, however tides may still run around a foot above normal the remainder of the night, but no significant impacts are expected. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-211800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-200421T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 727 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increased wave action will continue to create dangerous rip currents along area beaches through early Tuesday afternoon. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 5:42 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 26 hr | |
| Apr 19, 5:46 PM EDT | Lake Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 25 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:01 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 25 hr |
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.