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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2010, 3:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 11, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2010, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 11, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2010, 2:04 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2412 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
742 WHUS42 KTAE 110820 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 420 AM EDT WED AUG 11 2010 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS LATER TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES... .DISCUSSION...AS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DEVELOP AND TRACK NORTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES EXPECT THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS BEGINNING LATER TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE BEACHES WEST OF MEXICO BEACH ALONG THE PANHANDLE. FLZ108-112-114-115-120900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.100811T1800Z-100812T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 420 AM EDT WED AUG 11 2010 /320 AM CDT WED AUG 11 2010/ ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... AS THE TROPICAL SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DEVELOP AND TRACK NORTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES EXPECT THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS TO BECOME HAZARDOUS BEGINNING LATER TODAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE BEACHES WEST OF MEXICO BEACH ALONG THE PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LATER TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. && $$
2 follow-up statements
066 WHUS42 KTAE 112115 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 515 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR COASTAL PORTIONS OF FRANKLYN AND WAKULLA COUNTIES... ...A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM COASTAL WALTON THROUGH COASTAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES... .DISCUSSION...AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE PUSHING WATER ONSHORE. THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS REPORTS OF WATER LAPPING ALONG THE DOCKS IN THE LAST HOUR AGGRAVATED BY THE COMING HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AT APALACHICOLA AT 511 PM CDT. AFTER 6 PM CDT...THE TIDE SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AND THE CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE ALONG THE COAST. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON THURSDAY DURING THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE. FLZ115-112315- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.100811T2115Z-100811T2300Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-100812T1800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 515 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AS THE REMNANTS OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION SOUTH OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DEVELOP AND TRACK NORTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES...THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE BEACHES WEST OF MEXICO BEACH ALONG THE PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LATER TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ127-112300- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.100811T2115Z-100811T2300Z/ COASTAL WAKULLA- 515 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE MOVES NORTHWEST OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO...MODERATE TO STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE PUSHING WATER ONSHORE. THERE HAVE BEEN VARIOUS REPORTS OF WATER LAPPING ALONG THE DOCKS IN THE LAST HOUR AGGRAVATED BY THE COMING HIGH TIDE WHICH WILL OCCUR AT APALACHICOLA AT 511 PM CDT. AFTER 6 PM CDT...THE TIDE SHOULD BEGIN TO SUBSIDE AND THE CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE ALONG THE COAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-112315- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-100812T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 515 PM EDT WED AUG 11 2010 /415 PM CDT WED AUG 11 2010/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... AS THE REMNANTS OF THE TROPICAL DEPRESSION SOUTH OF THE AREA CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DEVELOP AND TRACK NORTHWEST TOWARD THE CENTRAL GULF COAST STATES...THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS TO REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY THE BEACHES WEST OF MEXICO BEACH ALONG THE PANHANDLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS LATER TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. && $$ BLOCK
071 WHUS42 KTAE 120704 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 304 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...THE FORECAST SURF AND ONSHORE WINDS NO LONGER SUPPORT A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SURF STILL SUPPORT A RIP CURRENT RISK ELEVATED TO A MODERATE LEVEL. DURING TIMES OF MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK...PERSONS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER ONLY IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCED WITH SWIMMING IN THE SURF. FLZ108-112-114-115-120815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-100812T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 304 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2010 /204 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE NORTHEAST GULF OF MEXICO...THE FORECAST SURF AND ONSHORE WINDS NO LONGER SUPPORT A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY. HOWEVER...WINDS AND SURF STILL SUPPORT A RIP CURRENT RISK ELEVATED TO A MODERATE LEVEL. DURING TIMES OF MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK... PERSONS SHOULD ENTER THE WATER ONLY IF THEY ARE EXPERIENCED WITH SWIMMING IN THE SURF. REMEMBER...IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT TRY TO FIGHT THE SEAWARD PULL. MOVE ACROSS THE CURRENT IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. && $$ 14-MROCZKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 4:15 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 105 min |
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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.