Weather Alerts For Tierra Verde, FL

# HEADLINE -------------------- HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerous rip currents. WHERE Pinellas, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Coastal Charlotte and Coastal Lee Counties. WHEN Through Thursday evening. IMPACTS Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. ISSUED AT Wednesday, July 22, 2026 at 2:50 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Tampa Bay Ruskin FL HEADER Coastal Hazard Message # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- 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. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Coastal Charlotte, Coastal Hillsborough, Coastal Lee, Coastal Manatee, Coastal Sarasota, Pinellas