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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 24, 2022, 4:58 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 24, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 69 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2022, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 24, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 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 08:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1351 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
974 WHUS42 KTBW 240858 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 458 AM EDT Thu Mar 24 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-242000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0009.220324T2100Z-220325T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 458 AM EDT Thu Mar 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From this afternoon through Friday 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
487 WHUS42 KTBW 241946 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 346 PM EDT Thu Mar 24 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-251800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0009.220324T2100Z-220325T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 346 PM EDT Thu Mar 24 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From this afternoon through Friday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
027 WHUS42 KTBW 250638 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 238 AM EDT Fri Mar 25 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-261800- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220326T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 238 AM EDT Fri Mar 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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. && $$
959 WHUS42 KTBW 251814 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 214 PM EDT Fri Mar 25 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-271800- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220327T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 214 PM EDT Fri Mar 25 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
343 WHUS42 KTBW 260816 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 416 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-271800- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220327T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 416 AM EDT Sat Mar 26 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
902 WHUS42 KTBW 271814 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 214 PM EDT Sun Mar 27 2022 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-271915- /O.EXP.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-220327T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 214 PM EDT Sun Mar 27 2022 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... Seas are continuing to subside and the threat of rip currents has diminished thus the high risk of rip currents has been allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 4:58 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 22 hr | |
| Mar 24, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 52 min |
| Mar 24, 10:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 27 min |
| Mar 24, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pasco | 44 min |
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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.