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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 18, 2022, 7:37 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 19, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2022, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2022, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 27 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 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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
- 855 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 697 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
264 WHUS42 KTBW 182337 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 737 PM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-190745- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0018.221019T1200Z-221020T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 737 PM EDT Tue Oct 18 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Thursday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
443 WHUS42 KTBW 190809 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 409 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-201500- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0018.221019T1200Z-221020T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 409 AM EDT Wed Oct 19 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From this morning through Thursday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
496 WHUS42 KTBW 201509 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1109 AM EDT Thu Oct 20 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-201615- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-221020T1500Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 1109 AM EDT Thu Oct 20 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... The risk of rip currents has diminished because the winds have decreased a little bit and now are from the north. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 19 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.