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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 1, 2020, 2:58 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 1, 2020, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2020, 2:58 AM EST (07:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 1, 2020, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2020, 9:14 AM EST
- In force
- 35 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 08:02 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, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
081 WHUS42 KTBW 010758 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 258 AM EST Sat Feb 1 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030500- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0006.200202T0300Z-200203T0500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 258 AM EST Sat Feb 1 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From this evening through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Longshore currents can also be expected due to strong northwest winds which will be parallel to most coastlines. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
901 WHUS42 KTBW 030450 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1150 PM EST Sun Feb 2 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-040000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200204T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 1150 PM EST Sun Feb 2 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
594 WHUS42 KTBW 031414 CFWTBW URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 914 AM EST Mon Feb 3 2020 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-031515- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-200204T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 914 AM EST Mon Feb 3 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay Ruskin has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. Wave action at the local beaches has decreased, therefore the high risk of rip currents has diminished. $$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:04 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 28 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.