Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2010
Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 16, 2010, 2:04 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2010, 2:04 AM CST (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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 08:08 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, 8.1 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
589 WHUS42 KTAE 160804 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 304 AM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... FLZ108-112-162100- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0009.101116T1000Z-101116T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.101116T0804Z-101117T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 204 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF HIGH SURF ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTY. SURF HEIGHTS ALONG THESE BEACHES WILL BUILD TO 6 FEET LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. SURF HEIGHTS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND THEN SHIFT TO AN OFFSHORE DIRECTION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK INDICATES THAT STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE PRESENT. EVERYONE...INCLUDING EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF. && $$ FLZ114-115-162100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.101116T0804Z-101117T0000Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 304 AM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY... DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MODERATE SURF...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INDICATES THAT STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE PRESENT. EVERYONE...INCLUDING EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF. && $$ 38-GODSEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 7:20 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Nov 16, 1:25 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Nov 16, 2:04 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 13 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Nov 16, 3:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 28 min | |
| Nov 16, 4:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 81 min | |
| Nov 16, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 4:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 54 min |
| Nov 16, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 29 min |
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.