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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 18, 2021, 4:44 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 18, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2021, 4:44 AM EDT (08:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 18, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 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 08:45 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
092 WHUS42 KTBW 180844 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 444 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-190100- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0009.210318T1800Z-210320T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 444 AM EDT Thu Mar 18 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
534 WHUS42 KTBW 190707 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 307 AM EDT Fri Mar 19 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200100- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210320T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 307 AM EDT Fri Mar 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Today through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
410 WHUS42 KTBW 191852 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 252 PM EDT Fri Mar 19 2021 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-201200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-210320T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 252 PM EDT Fri Mar 19 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 4:41 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 23 hr | |
| Mar 18, 4:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Mar 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Mar 18, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Mar 18, 7:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 43 min | |
| Mar 18, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 40 min |
| Mar 18, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 55 min | |
| Mar 18, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 48 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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.