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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2021, 4:18 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 1, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2021, 4:18 AM EDT (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 1, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 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
- 2086 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
779 WHUS42 KTBW 010818 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 418 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-011630- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0022.210901T1200Z-210903T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 418 AM EDT Wed Sep 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT this morning through Thursday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
739 WHUS42 KTBW 021856 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 256 PM EDT Thu Sep 2 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-210903T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 256 PM EDT Thu Sep 2 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 3:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 18 hr | |
| Sep 1, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:56 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 34 min |
| Sep 1, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Sep 1, 8:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Sep 1, 9:00 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 30 min | |
| Sep 1, 9:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Sep 1, 9:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 10:49 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Sep 1, 11:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 4 hr |
| Sep 1, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 37 min | |
| Sep 1, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 21 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.