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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at May 6, 2022, 4:40 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 6, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2022, 4:40 AM EDT (08:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2022, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2022, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 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 08:40 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
908 WHUS42 KTBW 060840 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 440 AM EDT Fri May 6 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-061645- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0015.220506T1600Z-220507T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 440 AM EDT Fri May 6 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
770 WHUS42 KTBW 061400 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1000 AM EDT Fri May 6 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-071200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0015.220506T1600Z-220507T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 1000 AM EDT Fri May 6 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From noon EDT today through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
373 WHUS42 KTBW 070710 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 310 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-071515- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220508T0400Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 310 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
735 WHUS42 KTBW 071436 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1036 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022 FLZ151-080400- /O.EXA.KTBW.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220508T0400Z/ Coastal Hillsborough- 1036 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Hillsborough County. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ050-155-160-162-165-080400- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-220508T0400Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 1036 AM EDT Sat May 7 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:12 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 41 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.