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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 21, 2025, 3:05 PM EST for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 22, 2025, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 21, 2025, 3:05 PM EST (20:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 22, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2025, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 18 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 20:04 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, 8.1 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
- 399 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 517 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
507 WHUS42 KTBW 212005 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 305 PM EST Tue Jan 21 2025 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-230000- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0004.250122T0600Z-250123T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 305 PM EST Tue Jan 21 2025 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From 1 AM EST Wednesday through Wednesday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 3:50 AM EST | Gale Warning | TBW | 30 hr | |
| Jan 21, 3:50 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TBW | 36 hr | |
| Jan 21, 7:41 AM EST | Cold Weather Advisory | TBW | Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:41 AM EST | Freeze Warning | TBW | Levy | 26 hr |
| Jan 21, 7:41 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | TBW | Levy | 26 hr |
Nearby
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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.