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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL

November 28, 20256 counties in Florida

NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 28, 2025, 2:29 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 28, 2025, 2:29 AM EST (07:29 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2025, 2:07 AM EST
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 07:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tampa Bay, FL (KTBW), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-11-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tampa Bay, FL at 00:00Z on 2025-11-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -93 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

834 
WHUS42 KTBW 280729
CFWTBW

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
229 AM EST Fri Nov 28 2025

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-291200-
/O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0017.251128T0729Z-251129T1200Z/
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee-
229 AM EST Fri Nov 28 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
641 
WHUS42 KTBW 290707
CFWTBW

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
207 AM EST Sat Nov 29 2025

FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-290815-
/O.CAN.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-251129T1200Z/
Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota-
Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee-
207 AM EST Sat Nov 29 2025

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

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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.