Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 6, 2010, 2:39 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 6, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2010, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 6, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 36 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
007 WHUS42 KTAE 060739 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 339 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES... ..DISCUSSION...A TROPICAL WAVE IN THE NW CARIBBEAN SEA OVERNIGHT WILL TRACK INTO THE NW GULF OF MEXICO DURING THE NEXT TWO DAYS. THE LOCAL AREA WILL INCREASINGLY BE DOMINATED BY A DEEP LAYER RIDGE. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE WAVE TO THE WEST AND RIDGE OVERHEAD WILL INCREASE WINDS AND SEAS. ACCOMPANYING THE INCREASE IN SEAS WILL BE SOME WEAK SOUTHERLY SWELL THAT SHOULD PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ON THE ORDER OF 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET WITH ISOLATED 6 FOOT SETS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... ESPECIALLY ON THE BEACHES FROM MEXICO BEACH WESTWARD TOWARD DESTIN. THIS WILL GENERATE A HIGH RISK TODAY FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES AND AND A MODERATE RISK FOR THE BIG BEND BEACHES. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR ALL BEACHES ON WEDNESDAY. FLZ108-112-114-062145- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.100706T1200Z-100707T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 339 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010 /239 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010/ ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ...THIS HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED FOR WEDNESDAY... ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY... HIGH SURF AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. SURF HEIGHTS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 2 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS TODAY AND INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. && $$ BLOCK
2 follow-up statements
380 WHUS42 KTAE 061445 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1045 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... ..DISCUSSION...SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED TODAY AND WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LOUISIANA MOVES NORTHWEST... AND A TROPICAL WAVE MOVES NORTHWEST ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GULF OF MEXICO. THESE HIGHER WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE ELEVATED SEAS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PANHANDLE WATERS WHERE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL BE THE TIGHTEST. THESE HIGH SEAS WILL TRANSLATE INTO LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. FLZ108-112-114-071200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100707T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1045 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2010 /945 AM CDT TUE JUL 6 2010/ ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... HIGH SURF AND ONSHORE WINDS WILL LEAD TO STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY. SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 2 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS TODAY AND INCREASE TO 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ON WEDNESDAY. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. && $$ BLOCK/GOULD
064 WHUS42 KTAE 070715 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 315 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2010 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... ..DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY SWELLS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 4 TO 5 FOOT SURF ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY AND THIS WILL MAINTAIN THE NUMEROUS EXISTING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE COAST THAT DEVELOPED OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. FLZ108-112-114-080000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-100708T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 315 AM EDT WED JUL 7 2010 /215 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2010/ ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING... 4 TO 5 FOOT SURF WILL LEAD TO STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY. A RIP CURRENT IS A STRONG NARROW CURRENT OF WATER FLOWING FROM THE BEACH THROUGH THE SURF ZONE. IT CAN RAPIDLY CARRY A SWIMMER INTO DEEPER WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. && $$ 18-WOOL
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2010Every rip current statement in 2010
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.