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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 5, 2021, 2:46 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 6, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 5, 2021, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 6, 2021, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Nov 7, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- 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 18:48 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, 6.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
129 WHUS42 KTBW 051846 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 246 PM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-060300- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.211106T0600Z-211107T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0027.211106T0600Z-211107T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 246 PM EDT Fri Nov 5 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SATURDAY TO 7 AM EST SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 5 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 AM EDT Saturday to 7 AM EST Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 2 AM EDT Saturday through Sunday morning. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
944 WHUS42 KTBW 060813 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 413 AM EDT Sat Nov 6 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-071200- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-211107T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0027.000000T0000Z-211107T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 413 AM EDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 5 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 AM EST Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 4, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 97 min | |
| Nov 4, 11:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 82 min | |
| Nov 5, 12:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 92 min | |
| Nov 5, 4:18 AM EDT | Gale Warning | TBW | 31 hr | |
| Nov 5, 4:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 52 hr | |
| Nov 5, 12:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Nov 5, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Nov 5, 2:46 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 41 hr |
| Nov 5, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 38 min | |
| Nov 5, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee | 26 min |
| Nov 5, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 61 min | |
| Nov 5, 6:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 29 min |
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.