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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

October 25, 20216 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 25, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 25, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 25, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 25, 2021, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 25, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
7 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 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 3.8 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-10-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 662 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-10-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
662 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

As transmitted.

627 
WHUS42 KTBW 251549
CFWTBW

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
1149 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-252300-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0025.211025T1600Z-211025T2300Z/
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee-
1149 AM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, 
  Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties.

* WHEN...Until 7 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.

&&

$$

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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.