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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 21, 2021, 3:40 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 21, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2021, 3:40 AM EST (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 21, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 24 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 08:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 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
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
980 WHUS42 KTBW 210840 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 340 AM EST Tue Dec 21 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-220000- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0008.211221T1200Z-211222T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0030.211221T1200Z-211222T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 340 AM EST Tue Dec 21 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 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 7 AM this morning to 7 PM EST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM EST this morning through Wednesday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
729 WHUS42 KTBW 220108 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 808 PM EST Tue Dec 21 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-221200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-211222T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 808 PM EST Tue Dec 21 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 AM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:40 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 15 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:05 AM EST | Gale Warning | TBW | 10 hr | |
| Dec 21, 4:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 46 min | |
| Dec 21, 5:03 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Dec 21, 6:55 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min | |
| Dec 21, 7:46 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Dec 21, 8:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 52 min |
| Dec 21, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Sarasota | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 8:51 AM EST | Wind Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee | 4 hr |
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.