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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

June 3, 2022Hillsborough County, Manatee County, Pinellas County, Florida

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 832 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -95 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW42 min
Jun 2, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWHillsborough48 min
Jun 2, 8:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough84 min
Jun 2, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementTBWPinellas33 min
Jun 2, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWHillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas114 min
Jun 2, 9:22 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTBWCitrus, Hernando, Pasco3 hr
Jun 2, 9:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW19 min
Jun 2, 9:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningTBW48 min
Jun 2, 11:10 PM EDTTropical Storm WarningTBWCharlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, Highlands, Lee, Manatee and 2 more33 hr
Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTBW17 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.