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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 9, 2025, 12:38 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 10, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 41 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 9, 2025, 12:38 PM EST (17:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2025, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 41 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 17:42 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, 5.6 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
- 1609 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
335 WHUS42 KTBW 091738 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 1238 PM EST Sun Nov 9 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-120600- /O.NEW.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.251110T1300Z-251111T1500Z/ /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0016.251110T0600Z-251112T0600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 1238 PM EST Sun Nov 9 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY... * WHAT...For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents expected. For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 2 to 7 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the High Rip Current Risk, from late tonight through late Tuesday night. For the High Surf Advisory, from 8 AM Monday to 10 AM EST Tuesday. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
971 WHUS42 KTBW 111335 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 835 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-120600- /O.CAN.KTBW.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-251111T1500Z/ /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-251112T0600Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 835 AM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through tonight. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
199 WHUS42 KTBW 111843 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 143 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-112300- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0016.000000T0000Z-251111T2300Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 143 PM EST Tue Nov 11 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 6 PM EST this 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 4:58 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough and 6 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 9, 7:12 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 57 hr | |
| Nov 9, 11:04 AM EST | Freeze Watch | TBW | Citrus, Levy | 14 hr |
| Nov 9, 12:38 PM EST | High Surf Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 44 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.