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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 3, 2023, 2:26 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2023, 2:26 AM EST (07:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 3, 2023, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 36 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 nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
262 WHUS42 KTBW 030726 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 226 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-031530- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.230303T1500Z-230304T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0005.230303T1200Z-230304T0600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 226 AM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 5 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 10 AM this morning to 7 PM EST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 7 AM EST this morning through late tonight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
998 WHUS42 KTBW 031805 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 105 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-040200- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230305T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230304T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 105 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 3 to 5 feet. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, until 7 PM EST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
402 WHUS42 KTBW 040000 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 700 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-050000- /O.EXP.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-230304T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-230305T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 700 PM EST Fri Mar 3 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:26 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 17 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:27 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 17 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.