Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2023
Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 17, 2023, 1:58 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2023, 1:58 PM EDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2023, 2:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 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 18:00 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 12:00Z, 6.0 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
- 2291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.5
The text
As transmitted.
800 WHUS42 KTBW 171758 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 158 PM EDT Sat Jun 17 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0009.230617T1758Z-230620T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 158 PM EDT Sat Jun 17 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
890 WHUS42 KTBW 191223 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 823 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230620T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 823 AM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
716 WHUS42 KTBW 191838 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 238 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-191945- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-230620T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 238 PM EDT Mon Jun 19 2023 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Wave heights and subsequent surf heights at area beaches has subsided. The risk for rip currents has decreased for the remainder of the afternoon but may return again on Tuesday. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 8:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 9:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Charlotte | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 118 min | |
| Jun 17, 9:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 10:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Sumter | 2 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 14 min |
| Jun 17, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Sumter | 14 min |
| Jun 17, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 25 min |
| Jun 17, 11:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Highlands | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Highlands | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hernando | 25 min |
Nearby
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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.