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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2022, 3:49 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2022, 3:49 AM EST (08:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2022, 5:59 AM EST
- In force
- 26 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 08:51 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, 8.8 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1100 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
045 WHUS42 KTBW 050849 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 349 AM EST Sat Feb 5 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-061200- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.220205T0849Z-220206T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 349 AM EST Sat Feb 5 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
157 WHUS42 KTBW 061059 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 559 AM EST Sun Feb 6 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-061200- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-220206T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 559 AM EST Sun Feb 6 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Wave action has diminished and winds have turned offshore. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 7:40 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 17 hr |
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.