Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 31, 2021, 3:01 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 31, 2021, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 31, 2021, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2021, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 3, 2021, 10:00 AM EST
- In force
- 60 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 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
172 WHUS42 KTBW 312001 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 301 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-260-010945- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.210201T1200Z-210203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.210201T0300Z-210203T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee-Inland Sarasota- 301 PM EST Sun Jan 31 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents are expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee and Inland Sarasota Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 7 AM Monday to 1 AM EST Wednesday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 10 PM EST this evening 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. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Full forecast information- https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/hab/gomx.html. 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. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
3 follow-up statements
746 WHUS42 KTBW 010906 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 406 AM EST Mon Feb 1 2021 FLZ260-011015- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.210201T1200Z-210203T0600Z/ /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210203T1500Z/ Inland Sarasota- 406 AM EST Mon Feb 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Inland Sarasota County was included in error for the initial issuance. This has been cancelled. $$ FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-020915- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.210201T1200Z-210203T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210203T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 406 AM EST Mon Feb 1 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents are expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee and Inland Sarasota Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 7 AM Monday to 1 AM EST Wednesday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 10 PM EST this evening 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. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous swimming conditions. && $$
858 WHUS42 KTBW 011936 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 236 PM EST Mon Feb 1 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-031500- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-210203T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210203T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 236 PM EST Mon Feb 1 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents are expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee and Inland Sarasota Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from today through 1 AM EST Wednesday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from today through 10 AM EST Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
062 WHUS42 KTBW 030851 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 351 AM EST Wed Feb 3 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-031500- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-210203T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 351 AM EST Wed Feb 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 10 AM EST this morning. * 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 31, 2:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 58 hr | |
| Jan 31, 3:01 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 58 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.