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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 19, 2024, 1:53 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 20, 2024, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 19, 2024, 1:53 PM EST (18:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 20, 2024, 1:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 22, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
- 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 18:51 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, 6.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
185 WHUS42 KTBW 191853 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 153 PM EST Tue Nov 19 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200300- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0028.241120T1800Z-241122T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 153 PM EST Tue Nov 19 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday afternoon through Thursday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
944 WHUS42 KTBW 201207 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 707 AM EST Wed Nov 20 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-220000- /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.S.0002.241120T1207Z-241121T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0028.241120T1800Z-241122T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 707 AM EST Wed Nov 20 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the Coastal Flood Statement, until 7 PM EST this evening. For the High Rip Current Risk, from 1 PM EST this afternoon through Thursday evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-210000- /O.NEW.KTBW.CF.S.0002.241120T1207Z-241121T0000Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus-Coastal Hernando-Coastal Pasco- 707 AM EST Wed Nov 20 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Levy, Coastal Citrus, Coastal Hernando and Coastal Pasco Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
855 WHUS42 KTBW 201913 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 213 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-230000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-241123T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-241121T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 213 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the Coastal Flood Statement, isolated minor coastal flooding. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday evening. For the Coastal Flood Statement, until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ139-142-148-149-210000- /O.CON.KTBW.CF.S.0002.000000T0000Z-241121T0000Z/ Coastal Levy-Coastal Citrus-Coastal Hernando-Coastal Pasco- 213 PM EST Wed Nov 20 2024 ...COASTAL FLOOD STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Isolated minor coastal flooding. * WHERE...Coastal Levy, Coastal Citrus, Coastal Hernando and Coastal Pasco Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST this evening. * IMPACTS...Some water on low lying roads and property. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Do not drive through flooded roadways. && $$
590 WHUS42 KTBW 211823 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 123 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-230000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-241123T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 123 PM EST Thu Nov 21 2024 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.