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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 16, 2020, 4:51 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 16, 2020, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 16, 2020, 4:51 AM EST (09:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2020, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 18, 2020, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 55 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 09:54 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, 9.9 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
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
813 WHUS42 KTBW 160951 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 451 AM EST Wed Dec 16 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-190000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0034.201216T1700Z-201219T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 451 AM EST Wed Dec 16 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EST TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From noon EST today through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
195 WHUS42 KTBW 170911 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 411 AM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-190000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-201219T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 411 AM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
832 WHUS42 KTBW 171411 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL Issued by National Weather Service Miami FL 911 AM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-180800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-201219T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 911 AM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
887 WHUS42 KTBW 171439 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL Issued by National Weather Service Miami FL 939 AM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-180815- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-201219T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 939 AM EST Thu Dec 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 7:52 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 9 hr | |
| Dec 16, 12:27 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Dec 16, 1:29 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Dec 16, 1:46 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 44 min | |
| Dec 16, 1:51 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 54 min | |
| Dec 16, 2:45 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Dec 16, 3:28 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 32 min | |
| Dec 16, 3:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 27 min |
| Dec 16, 3:57 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 33 min | |
| Dec 16, 3:58 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 47 min |
| Dec 16, 4:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 23 min |
| Dec 16, 4:42 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 33 min |
| Dec 16, 5:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 28 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.