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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 27, 2024, 11:38 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 27, 2024, 11:38 AM EDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 28, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 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 15:38 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, 3.6 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
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
841 WHUS42 KTBW 271538 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1138 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-281800- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0005.240927T1538Z-240928T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0024.240927T1538Z-240928T1800Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 1138 AM EDT Fri Sep 27 2024 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 4 to 6 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 2 PM EDT Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, through Saturday afternoon. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 11:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 3 days |
| Sep 26, 11:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Pasco | 21 days |
| Sep 27, 5:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 21 hr | |
| Sep 27, 11:38 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 26 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.