Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2011, 2:14 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at May 14, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.2 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
- 709 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
495 WHUS42 KTAE 140714 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 314 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .DISCUSSION...SURF ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WILL BUILD TODAY AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SURF WILL PEAK SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION AND HEED THE ADVISE OF THE LOCAL BEACH OFFICIALS...INCLUDING POSTED RED OR DOUBLE RED FLAGS. FLZ108-112-114-150015- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0010.110514T1400Z-110515T0200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 314 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /214 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT... * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...3 TO 4 FEET WITH SOME SPOTS LOCALLY HIGHER. COMBINED WITH BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS...THIS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 63 min |
| May 13, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 39 min |
| May 13, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 44 min |
| May 13, 10:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| May 13, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 65 min |
| May 14, 4:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 39 min |
| May 14, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 44 min |
| May 14, 6:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 30 min |
| May 14, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 14, 9:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 54 min |
| May 14, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 14, 2:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 45 min |
| May 14, 3:06 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 2 more | 12 hr |
| May 14, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 52 min |
| May 14, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 25 min |
| May 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 28 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2011Every rip current statement in 2011
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.