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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 16, 2011, 3:05 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 16, 2011, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 16, 2011, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2011, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:08 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
183 WHUS42 KTAE 160905 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 405 AM EST WED NOV 16 2011 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH WALTON COUNTY... .A STRONG FRONT WILL APPROACH WALTON COUNTY THIS MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS LATER TODAY. AHEAD AND ALONG THIS FRONT...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH...POSSIBLY HIGHER...WITH GUSTS TO ABOVE 20 MPH. SURF WILL INCREASE TO AROUND FOUR FEET. THIS COMBINATION WILL GENERATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ108-170000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0014.111116T1400Z-111117T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 305 AM CST WED NOV 16 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... * WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL GENERATE STRONG RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF WALTON COUNTY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 8:27 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 4:12 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 22 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:18 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 72 min | |
| Nov 16, 2:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 2:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 69 hr |
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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.