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Rip Current Statement 27, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

November 5, 20216 counties in Florida

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 4, 9:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW97 min
Nov 4, 11:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW82 min
Nov 5, 12:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW92 min
Nov 5, 4:18 AM EDTGale WarningTBW31 hr
Nov 5, 4:18 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW52 hr
Nov 5, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Nov 5, 2:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW60 min
Nov 5, 2:46 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota41 hr
Nov 5, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW38 min
Nov 5, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWManatee26 min
Nov 5, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW61 min
Nov 5, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota44 min
Nov 5, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWSarasota29 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.