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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 19, 2021, 5:05 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 19, 2021, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2021, 5:05 AM EST (10:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2021, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2021, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 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 10:04 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, 10.1 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
103 WHUS42 KTBW 191005 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 505 AM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-201200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0007.210219T1500Z-210220T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 505 AM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST this morning through Saturday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
095 WHUS42 KTBW 200842 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 342 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-201800- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-210220T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 342 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 1 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 7:59 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 26 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.