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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 18, 2011, 1:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 18, 2011, 1:51 AM CDT (06:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2011, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 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 06:52 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, 6.9 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
610 WHUS42 KTAE 180651 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 251 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN... GULF...BAY...AND WALTON COUNTIES... .HIGH SWELLS FROM A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TO OUR SOUTH...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR AREA BEACHES TODAY. WHILE ELEVATED ONSHORE WINDS MAY BE LIMITED TO FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST SURF AND ROUGHEST CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...WHERE A PERIOD OF 15 TO 20 MPH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE THE SURF ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-190000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.111018T1200Z-111019T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 251 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011 /151 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011/ ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS...ESPECIALLY AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. THE SURF WILL BE ESPECIALLY ROUGH FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...WHERE A PERIOD OF 15 TO 20 MPH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED. 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. && $$ 17-GOULD
2 follow-up statements
688 WHUS42 KTAE 180947 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 547 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN...GULF...BAY...AND WALTON COUNTIES... .HIGH SWELLS FROM A TROPICAL DISTURBANCE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO TO OUR SOUTH...WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR AREA BEACHES TODAY. WHILE ELEVATED ONSHORE WINDS MAY BE LIMITED TO FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST SURF AND ROUGHEST CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... WHERE A PERIOD OF 15 TO 20 MPH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL MAKE THE SURF ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-190000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0011.111018T1200Z-111019T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 547 AM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011 /447 AM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS...ESPECIALLY AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...TODAY. * IMPACTS...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. THE SURF WILL BE ESPECIALLY ROUGH FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...WHERE A PERIOD OF 15 TO 20 MPH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS IS EXPECTED. 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. && $$ 17-GOULD
094 WHUS42 KTAE 182343 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 743 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 5 AM EDT/ 4AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN...GULF... BAY...AND WALTON COUNTIES... .HIGH SWELLS FROM A TROPICAL LOW CROSSING THE LOCAL REGION WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ACROSS OUR AREA BEACHES TONIGHT. WHILE ELEVATED ONSHORE WINDS MAY BE LIMITED TO FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ARE EXPECTED AREA WIDE. HOWEVER...THE HIGHEST SURF AND ROUGHEST CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... WHERE A PERIOD OF 15 TO 20 MPH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL MAKE THE SURF ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. IN ITS WAKE...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OFFSHORE AND THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST. FLZ108-112-114-115-190900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-111019T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 743 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2011 /643 PM CDT TUE OCT 18 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS...ESPECIALLY AT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...INTO THE PREDAWN HOURS TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES. THE SURF WILL BE ESPECIALLY ROUGH FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY...WHERE A PERIOD OF 15 TO 20 MPH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS IS EXPECTED. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 3:58 AM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 24 hr |
| Oct 18, 1:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin | 2 hr |
| Oct 18, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 18, 3:26 PM CDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 23 hr | |
| Oct 18, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 36 min |
| Oct 18, 4:10 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 18, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 32 min |
| Oct 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 43 min |
| Oct 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Oct 18, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 38 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.