Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2023, 4:13 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2023, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2023, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 16 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, 8.2 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
667 WHUS42 KTBW 130813 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 413 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-131615- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0006.230313T0813Z-230314T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 413 AM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 ...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
112 WHUS42 KTBW 131744 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 144 PM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-140000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-230314T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 144 PM EDT Mon Mar 13 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 5:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 50 min |
| Mar 13, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 11:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 16 min |
| Mar 13, 11:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 31 min |
| Mar 13, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 58 min | |
| Mar 13, 1:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sarasota | 46 min |
| Mar 13, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min | |
| Mar 13, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 37 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.