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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2020, 3:13 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 13, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2020, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 13, 2020, 12:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2020, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 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 19:15 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, 7.2 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
801 WHUS42 KTBW 121913 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 313 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-130930- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0024.200913T0400Z-200914T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 313 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from midnight EDT tonight through Monday morning. * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Late tonight Through Monday morning. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents along area beaches late tonight through Monday 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. && $$ https://www.weather.gov/tampa
4 follow-up statements
664 WHUS42 KTBW 130836 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 436 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-131645- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200914T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 436 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Today and tonight. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents along area beaches through Monday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore...which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins... jetties and piers. For maximum safety...swim near a lifeguard. Pay attention to flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current...yell for help. Remain calm...do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current...swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
988 WHUS42 KTBW 130837 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 437 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-141200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200914T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 437 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Today and tonight. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increasing wave action will create rip currents along area beaches through Monday 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. && $$
867 WHUS42 KTBW 131210 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 810 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-140000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.200913T1400Z-200914T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200914T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 810 AM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 feet or higher. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 8 PM EDT this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increased wave action will create rip currents along area beaches through Monday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
501 WHUS42 KTBW 140009 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 809 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-141200- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-200914T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.200914T0009Z-200914T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200914T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 809 PM EDT Sun Sep 13 2020 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT MONDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 feet or higher. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * RIP CURRENT TIMING...Increased wave action will create rip currents along area beaches through Monday morning. * RIP CURRENT IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:33 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TBW | 40 hr | |
| Sep 12, 1:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 2:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 47 hr | |
| Sep 12, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 51 min | |
| Sep 12, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 42 min |
| Sep 12, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 26 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Polk | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 6:16 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | 26 hr | |
| Sep 12, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 66 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.