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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 11, 2025, 2:47 AM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 12, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2025, 2:47 AM EDT (06:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 12, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2025, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 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 06:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
522 WHUS42 KTBW 110647 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 247 AM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-130600- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0013.250412T0600Z-250413T0600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 247 AM EDT Fri Apr 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Saturday night. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2:47 AM EDT | Red Flag Warning | TBW | Polk | 16 hr |
| Apr 11, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 48 min | |
| Apr 11, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 12 min |
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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.