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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 11, 2024, 8:57 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 11, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 11, 2024, 8:57 AM EDT (12:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 11, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 13, 2024, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 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 12:56 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, 1.0 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
- 459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
501 WHUS42 KTBW 111257 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 857 AM EDT Wed Sep 11 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-120700- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0023.240911T1800Z-240914T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 857 AM EDT Wed Sep 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Long period swells from Hurricane Francine will lead to dangerous rip currents beginning this afternoon and lasting through Friday. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
886 WHUS42 KTBW 121825 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 225 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-140000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-240914T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 225 PM EDT Thu Sep 12 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 2 PM EDT this afternoon through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Long period swells from Tropical Depression Francine will lead to dangerous rip currents through Friday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 6:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Pasco | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 7:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Hillsborough, Polk | 3 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.