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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

March 1, 20226 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 1, 2022, 3:16 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2022, 3:16 AM EST (08:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2022, 6:28 AM EST
In force
3 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 08:19 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, 8.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 164 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2022-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
164 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

130 
WHUS42 KTBW 010816
CFWTBW

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
316 AM EST Tue Mar 1 2022

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-020000-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0007.220301T0816Z-220302T0000Z/
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee-
316 AM EST Tue Mar 1 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, 
  Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties.

* WHEN...Through 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
653 
WHUS42 KTBW 011128
CFWTBW

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
628 AM EST Tue Mar 1 2022

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-011230-
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-220302T0000Z/
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee-
628 AM EST Tue Mar 1 2022

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Seas are slowly falling and the threat of rip currents is
diminishing.

$$

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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.