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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 13, 2022, 1:46 PM EST for 5 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 13, 2022, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 13, 2022, 1:46 PM EST (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2022, 4:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2022, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 27 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 18:46 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, 6.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
956 WHUS42 KTBW 131846 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 146 PM EST Sun Feb 13 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-140300- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0006.220213T2100Z-220214T2000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 146 PM EST Sun Feb 13 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday afternoon. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
321 WHUS42 KTBW 140928 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 428 AM EST Mon Feb 14 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-142000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220214T2000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 428 AM EST Mon Feb 14 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee and Coastal Sarasota Counties. * WHEN...Until 3 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
942 WHUS42 KTBW 141910 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 210 PM EST Mon Feb 14 2022 FLZ050-155-160-162-165-150000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-220215T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-Coastal Charlotte- Coastal Lee- 210 PM EST Mon Feb 14 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Lee and Coastal Sarasota Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2:13 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 37 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.