Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2024
Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 10, 2024, 5:45 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 10, 2024, 5:45 AM EDT (09:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2024, 1:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 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 09:45 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
Miami, FL (KMFL), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 1943 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 677 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 310 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 17.2
The text
As transmitted.
655 WHUS42 KTBW 100945 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 545 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-101745- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0025.241010T0945Z-241011T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 545 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
270 WHUS42 KTBW 101206 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 806 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-102015- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.241010T1206Z-241011T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-241012T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 806 AM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
918 WHUS42 KTBW 102004 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL Issued by National Weather Service Lake Charles LA 404 PM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-110900- /O.CON.KTBW.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-241011T0300Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-241012T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 404 PM EDT Thu Oct 10 2024 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Friday morning. * 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. A High Surf Advisory means that high surf will affect beaches in the advisory area, producing localized beach erosion and dangerous swimming conditions. && $$
698 WHUS42 KTBW 110803 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 403 AM EDT Fri Oct 11 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-121200- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-241012T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 403 AM EDT Fri Oct 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
156 WHUS42 KTBW 111754 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 154 PM EDT Fri Oct 11 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-111900- /O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-241012T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 154 PM EDT Fri Oct 11 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The high rip current risk has now been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 8:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas | 6 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | TBW | Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sumter | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 10, 5:16 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 33 hr | |
| Oct 10, 8:06 AM EDT | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 15 hr |
| Oct 10, 10:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 21 days |
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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.