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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 16, 2021, 3:18 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 16, 2021, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2021, 3:18 AM EST (08:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 16, 2021, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2021, 1:00 PM 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 08:21 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, 8.3 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
- 1356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.7
The text
As transmitted.
026 WHUS42 KTBW 160818 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 318 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-161630- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0006.210216T1200Z-210217T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 318 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST this morning through Wednesday afternoon. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
958 WHUS42 KTBW 162017 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 317 PM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-171800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210217T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 317 PM EST Tue Feb 16 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
049 WHUS42 KTBW 170958 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 458 AM EST Wed Feb 17 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-171800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-210217T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 458 AM EST Wed Feb 17 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Wednesday afternoon. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 7:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 59 min |
| Feb 15, 8:10 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 50 min |
| Feb 15, 8:26 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 94 min | |
| Feb 15, 8:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 47 min |
| Feb 15, 9:24 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 96 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.