Rip Current Statement issued October 9 at 11:01PM EDT until October 10 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Tampa Bay Ruskin FL
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* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents and large breaking waves expected. * WHERE...Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. * WHEN...For the Rip Current Risk, through Saturday evening. For the High Surf Risk, through 8 AM EDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water.|. Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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.
- Event time
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- FL, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Coastal Manatee; Coastal Sarasota; Coastal Charlotte; Coastal Lee
- event
- Rip Current Statement
- onset
- 2026-10-09T23:01:00-04:00
- states
- ["FL"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T23:01:00-04:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.62963419564245fe33b2b2f019e6226bb8cd614d.004.2
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fb47ece589523f80d98428de3e6138112a429351.003.1","urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a5a075f5042299986cc4f7252480299e1dca2a0.002.2"]
- instruction
- Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. 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.
- message type
- Update
- freshness minutes
- 60
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