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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Tampa Bay, FL
NWS Tampa Bay, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT for 6 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2026, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 days
- 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 19:04 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, 7.0 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
- 3630 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
996 WHUS42 KTBW 281901 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 301 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-301915- /O.NEW.KTBW.RP.S.0017.260729T1200Z-260801T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 301 PM EDT Tue Jul 28 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Friday 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. && $$
6 follow-up statements
896 WHUS42 KTBW 300721 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 321 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-010000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-260801T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 321 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...From Wednesday morning through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
342 WHUS42 KTBW 300722 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 322 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-010000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-260801T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 322 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...through Friday 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. && $$
192 WHUS42 KTBW 301810 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 210 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-020000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-260802T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 210 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Saturday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
485 WHUS42 KTBW 010534 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 134 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-030000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-260803T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 134 AM EDT Sat Aug 1 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
430 WHUS42 KTBW 021201 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 801 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-040000- /O.EXT.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-260804T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 801 AM EDT Sun Aug 2 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
658 WHUS42 KTBW 030745 CFWTBW Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL 345 AM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 FLZ050-151-155-160-162-165-040000- /O.CON.KTBW.RP.S.0017.000000T0000Z-260804T0000Z/ Pinellas-Coastal Hillsborough-Coastal Manatee-Coastal Sarasota- Coastal Charlotte-Coastal Lee- 345 AM EDT Mon Aug 3 2026 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...Through 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 12:00 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Levy, Sumter | 19 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 50 min | |
| Jul 28, 1:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 88 min |
| Jul 28, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 65 min | |
| Jul 28, 2:43 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Hernando, Levy | 107 min |
| Jul 28, 2:54 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TBW | 66 min | |
| Jul 28, 2:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TBW | Polk | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 2:59 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | TBW | Citrus, Levy, Sumter | 29 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.