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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 27, 2021, 5:37 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 28, 2021, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 27, 2021, 5:37 PM EST (22:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 28, 2021, 4:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 28, 2021, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 15 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 22:40 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, 10.6 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
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
997 WHUS42 KTBW 272237 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 537 PM EST Wed Jan 27 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0004.210128T0900Z-210129T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 537 PM EST Wed Jan 27 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM EST Thursday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
891 WHUS42 KTBW 282117 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 417 PM EST Thu Jan 28 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-210129T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 417 PM EST Thu Jan 28 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 4 AM EST Thursday through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 8:32 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 27, 3:57 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 42 hr | |
| Jan 27, 3:37 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | 9 hr | |
| Jan 27, 5:48 PM EST | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 3 more | 10 hr |
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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.