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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 7, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2022, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2022, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 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 08:03 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, 8.0 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
- 1527 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted.
846 WHUS42 KTBW 070800 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 400 AM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0012.220407T0800Z-220409T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 400 AM EDT Thu Apr 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
873 WHUS42 KTBW 090016 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 816 PM EDT Fri Apr 8 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-090130- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-220409T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 816 PM EDT Fri Apr 8 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Seas are continuing to subside and the threat of rip currents has diminished thus the high risk of rip currents has been allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 3 days | |
| Apr 7, 7:50 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 25 min |
| Apr 7, 8:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 60 min | |
| Apr 7, 9:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 30 min |
| Apr 7, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 10:27 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 63 min | |
| Apr 7, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando, Pasco | 67 min |
| Apr 7, 11:05 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 10 min |
| Apr 7, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 59 min | |
| Apr 7, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 61 min |
| Apr 7, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 34 min | |
| Apr 7, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Polk | 58 min |
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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.