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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 19, 2025, 3:21 AM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It was in force for 52 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2025, 3:21 AM EST (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2025, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 52 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 08:24 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, 8.4 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
605 WHUS42 KTBW 190821 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 321 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-191630- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0003.250119T0821Z-250121T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 321 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Until 7 PM EST on Monday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
392 WHUS42 KTBW 192026 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 326 PM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-200430- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-250121T1200Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 326 PM EST Sun Jan 19 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 1:37 AM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | 9 hr | |
| Jan 19, 3:27 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 37 hr | |
| Jan 19, 4:45 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | TBW | Charlotte, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pinellas, Sarasota | 5 hr |
| Jan 19, 6:11 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 64 min | |
| Jan 19, 6:29 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Levy | 46 min |
| Jan 19, 6:50 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Levy | 25 min |
| Jan 19, 7:08 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 67 min | |
| Jan 19, 7:10 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 65 min |
| Jan 19, 7:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TBW | Citrus, Sumter | 52 min |
| Jan 19, 8:04 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 56 min | |
| Jan 19, 8:28 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Sumter | 47 min |
| Jan 19, 8:55 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Jan 19, 9:01 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Pinellas | 44 min |
| Jan 19, 9:59 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 30 min | |
| Jan 19, 10:22 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hillsborough | 23 min |
| Jan 19, 1:57 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Hardee | 48 min |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Hillsborough, Levy, Pasco, Pinellas and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | Levy | 18 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.