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Live/Severe Alerts/Rip Current Statement

Statement

Rip Current Statement

Pinellas; Coastal Hillsborough; Coastal Manatee; and 3 more

Until Oct 11, 8:00 PM EDT

PINELLASHILLSBOROUGHMANATEESARASOTACHARLOTTELEEFort MyersSarasotaTampaSt. Petersburg50 MI
PINELLASHILLSBOROUGHMANATEESARASOTACHARLOTTELEEFort MyersSarasotaTampaSt. Petersburg25 MI
Map of the Rip Current Statement over Pinellas County, Hillsborough, Manatee County and 3 more. Drawn on the national sheet; the scale is at its foot.
In force from
Oct 10, 8:18 PM EDT
Until
Oct 11, 8:00 PM EDT
Issued
Oct 10, 8:18 PM EDT
Office
Tampa Bay Ruskin, FL
Number
18 of its kind from this office this year
Severity
Moderate, Expected, Likely
Where
FL

HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED

What
Dangerous rip currents.
Where
West central and southwest Florida.
When
For the Rip Current Risk, through Sunday evening.
Impacts
Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.

What to do

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.

Every area Pinellas; Coastal Hillsborough; Coastal Manatee; Coastal Sarasota; Coastal Charlotte; Coastal Lee

Places under it Fort Myers, Sarasota, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Cape Coral, Clearwater, Brandon, Lehigh Acres, Riverview, North Port, Town 'n' Country, Largo, and 153 more

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