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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

January 28, 20225 counties in Florida

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-01-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2022-01-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -21 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 28, 4:07 AM ESTHigh Surf AdvisoryTBWCharlotte, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota45 hr
Jan 28, 4:13 AM ESTGale WarningTBW39 hr
Jan 28, 4:18 AM ESTFreeze WatchTBWCharlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands and 8 more23 hr
Jan 28, 4:21 AM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryTBWCitrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 4 more30 hr
Jan 28, 11:51 AM ESTHard Freeze WatchTBWCitrus, Hernando, Levy, Pasco, Sumter15 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.