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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 27, 2021, 2:57 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 28, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 55 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2021, 2:57 PM EDT (18:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- 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 18:56 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, 7.0 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
- 473 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1022 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
774 WHUS42 KTBW 271857 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 257 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-280900- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0021.210828T1700Z-210830T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 257 PM EDT Fri Aug 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Monday morning. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
766 WHUS42 KTBW 280740 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 340 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-301200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0021.210828T1700Z-210830T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 340 AM EDT Sat Aug 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Saturday afternoon through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
517 WHUS42 KTBW 290617 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 217 AM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-300000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.210829T0800Z-210830T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210831T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 217 AM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 6 feet. 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 evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. 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. && $$
072 WHUS42 KTBW 300025 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 825 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-310000- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-210830T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0021.000000T0000Z-210831T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 825 PM EDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 44 min |
| Aug 27, 1:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 40 min | |
| Aug 27, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 40 min | |
| Aug 27, 2:55 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 49 hr | |
| Aug 27, 3:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 min | |
| Aug 27, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 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.