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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2020, 5:24 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 23, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2020, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 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 09:27 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, 9.4 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
178 WHUS42 KTBW 230924 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 524 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-231730- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0018.200423T1500Z-200425T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 524 AM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 11 AM EDT this morning through Friday evening. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents today through Friday 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
3 follow-up statements
625 WHUS42 KTBW 231903 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 303 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 FLZ139-142-148-242100- /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.S.0002.200424T1500Z-200424T2100Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus-Coastal Hernando- 303 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...Minor Coastal Flooding Possible... * COASTAL FLOODING...Minor coastal flooding will be possible at time of high tide on Friday afternoon along the Levy, Citrus and Hernando county coastline. * COASTAL FLOOD TIMING...From 11 AM EDT on Friday through 5 PM EDT Friday evening, with the greatest threat during the high tide cycle between 2 PM and 4 PM EDT. * COASTAL FLOOD IMPACTS...Minor coastal flooding will be possible with tides running 1 to 2 feet above normal which may produce minor coastal flooding and overwash and runup along coastal roadways. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-242115- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200425T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 303 PM EDT Thu Apr 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents today through Friday 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
136 WHUS42 KTBW 240830 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 430 AM EDT Fri Apr 24 2020 FLZ139-142-148-240930- /O.CAN.KTBW.CF.S.0002.200424T1500Z-200424T2100Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus-Coastal Hernando- 430 AM EDT Fri Apr 24 2020 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED... $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-250830- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200426T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 430 AM EDT Fri Apr 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Choppy wave action will create rip currents today through Saturday. * 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
482 WHUS42 KTBW 250723 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 323 AM EDT Sat Apr 25 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-260000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-200426T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 323 AM EDT Sat Apr 25 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Choppy wave action will create rip currents today through Saturday. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS....Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ 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 23, 5:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 15 hr | |
| Apr 23, 3:03 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 13 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.