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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 19, 2021, 2:22 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2021, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 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 18:26 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, 6.4 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
- 542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
425 WHUS42 KTBW 191822 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 222 PM EDT Mon Apr 19 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-210000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0015.210419T1822Z-210421T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 222 PM EDT Mon Apr 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
595 WHUS42 KTBW 200709 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 309 AM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-210000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210421T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 309 AM EDT Tue Apr 20 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 9:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Apr 18, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 9:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 22 min |
| Apr 18, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 3:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 57 min | |
| Apr 19, 4:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 4:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 27 min |
| Apr 19, 4:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 34 min |
| Apr 19, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Apr 19, 5:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 44 min |
| Apr 19, 5:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 48 min |
| Apr 19, 5:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Polk | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 5:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Polk | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 6:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 39 min | |
| Apr 19, 6:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 6:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 7:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 41 min |
| Apr 19, 7:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hardee, Highlands | 2 hr |
| Apr 19, 8:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 60 min |
| Apr 19, 10:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 30 min |
| Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 27 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.