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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 28, 2022, 4:07 AM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 29, 2022, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 28, 2022, 4:07 AM EST (09:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2022, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 30, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tampa Bay, FL
Counties Charlotte County, FL, Lee County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Sarasota County, FL
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
105 WHUS42 KTBW 280907 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 407 AM EST Fri Jan 28 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-301200- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.220129T0600Z-220130T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0004.220129T0600Z-220130T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 407 AM EST Fri Jan 28 2022 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 to 7 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 1 AM Saturday to 1 AM EST Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from late tonight through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 4:07 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 45 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:13 AM EST | Gale Warning | TBW | 39 hr | |
| Jan 28, 4:18 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 28, 4:21 AM EST | Wind Chill Advisory | TBW | Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 28, 11:51 AM EST | Hard Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter | 15 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.