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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 3, 2022, 5:24 AM EDT for Hillsborough County, Manatee County, Pinellas County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 3, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2022, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2022, 5:10 AM EDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Hillsborough County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 10 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
- 832 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 834 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WHUS42 KTBW 030924 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 524 AM EDT Fri Jun 3 2022 FLZ050-151-155-050000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0016.220603T1200Z-220605T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee- 524 AM EDT Fri Jun 3 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough and Coastal Manatee Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
739 WHUS42 KTBW 040310 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1110 PM EDT Fri Jun 3 2022 FLZ050-151-155-050000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220605T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee- 1110 PM EDT Fri Jun 3 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough and Coastal Manatee Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
023 WHUS42 KTBW 040910 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 510 AM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022 FLZ050-151-155-041015- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-220605T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee- 510 AM EDT Sat Jun 4 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The risk of rip currents has diminished due to minimal onshore swell. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 42 min | |
| Jun 2, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 8:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough | 84 min |
| Jun 2, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 33 min |
| Jun 2, 9:06 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas | 114 min |
| Jun 2, 9:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Pasco | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 19 min | |
| Jun 2, 9:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 48 min | |
| Jun 2, 11:10 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Manatee and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 17 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.