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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 30, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 30, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2020, 3:45 AM EDT (07:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 30, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
588 WHUS42 KTBW 300745 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 345 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-010000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0019.200430T1200Z-200501T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- 345 AM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 8 AM EDT this morning through this evening. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents through this 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
1 follow-up statement
841 WHUS42 KTBW 302355 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 755 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-011200- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200501T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- 755 PM EDT Thu Apr 30 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents through early Friday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampabay
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 11:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Apr 30, 12:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 60 min |
| Apr 30, 12:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Apr 30, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 35 min | |
| Apr 30, 2:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Apr 30, 6:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 49 min | |
| Apr 30, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 35 min | |
| Apr 30, 7:15 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Apr 30, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Sarasota | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 8:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 10:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min |
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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.