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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2022, 2:21 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 12, 2022, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2022, 2:21 PM EST (19:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 12, 2022, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 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 19:24 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, 7.4 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
095 WHUS42 KTBW 111921 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 221 PM EST Fri Mar 11 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-131800- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.220312T1200Z-220313T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0008.220312T1200Z-220313T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 221 PM EST Fri Mar 11 2022 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST SATURDAY TO 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 7 AM EST Saturday to 2 PM EDT Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
826 WHUS42 KTBW 120741 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 241 AM EST Sat Mar 12 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-131800- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.220312T1200Z-220313T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0008.220312T1200Z-220313T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 241 AM EST Sat Mar 12 2022 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EDT SUNDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 7 AM EST Saturday to 2 PM EDT Sunday. For the High Rip Current Risk, from Saturday morning through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
635 WHUS42 KTBW 130727 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 327 AM EDT Sun Mar 13 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-131530- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-220313T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-220313T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 327 AM EDT Sun Mar 13 2022 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 1 to 3 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 2 PM EDT this afternoon. * 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 3:17 AM EST | Gale Watch | TBW | 11 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:15 PM EST | Gale Warning | TBW | 41 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:15 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 48 hr | |
| Mar 11, 2:17 PM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy, Sumter | 12 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:21 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 47 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.