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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 22, 2022, 2:59 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 23, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 22, 2022, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 23, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 20:02 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, 8.0 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
642 WHUS42 KTBW 221959 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 259 PM EST Thu Dec 22 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-230400- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0020.221223T1200Z-221225T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 259 PM EST Thu Dec 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
760 WHUS42 KTBW 230149 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 849 PM EST Thu Dec 22 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-232200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0020.221223T1200Z-221225T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 849 PM EST Thu Dec 22 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
279 WHUS42 KTBW 231953 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 253 PM EST Fri Dec 23 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-250000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-221225T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 253 PM EST Fri Dec 23 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 3:29 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Polk | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:29 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter | 24 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:15 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 57 hr | |
| Dec 22, 2:58 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Polk | 35 hr |
| Dec 22, 2:58 PM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter | 35 hr |
| Dec 22, 5:54 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 36 min | |
| Dec 22, 6:22 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 83 min |
Nearby
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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.