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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 18, 2022, 4:05 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 19, 2022, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 18, 2022, 4:05 AM EDT (08:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2022, 3:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 20, 2022, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 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 08:09 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, 8.1 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
- 445 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
153 WHUS42 KTBW 180805 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 405 AM EDT Mon Apr 18 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200600- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0014.220419T0700Z-220420T0600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 405 AM EDT Mon Apr 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Tuesday night. * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
199 WHUS42 KTBW 190753 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 353 AM EDT Tue Apr 19 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200600- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0014.000000T0000Z-220420T0600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 353 AM EDT Tue Apr 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Today through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:06 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 6 days | |
| Apr 18, 2:46 PM EDT | Fire Weather Watch | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee and 4 more | 13 hr |
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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.