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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 21, 2011, 2:44 AM CST for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 2011, 2:44 AM CST (08:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:45 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
160 WHUS42 KTAE 210844 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 344 AM EST WED DEC 21 2011 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH 1 PM EST / NOON CST FOR THE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... .SOUTHERLY FLOW BETWEEN 10 AND 15 KNOTS WILL MAINTAIN SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE DAY TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE...SO WILL THE SURF...THEREBY GRADUALLY REDUCING THE RIP CURRENT RISK LATER THIS AFTERNOON. FLZ108-112-211800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0019.111221T0844Z-111221T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 244 AM CST WED DEC 21 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST / NOON CST TODAY... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES * TIMING...INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACTS...SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
217 WHUS42 KTAE 211459 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 959 AM EST WED DEC 21 2011 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH 6 PM CST FOR THE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... .SOUTHERLY FLOW AROUND 15 KNOTS WILL MAINTAIN SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET FOR MUCH OF THE DAY TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. AS WINDS BEGIN TO DECREASE...SO WILL THE SURF...THEREBY GRADUALLY REDUCING THE RIP CURRENT RISK THIS EVENING. FLZ108-112-220000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-111222T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 859 AM CST WED DEC 21 2011 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES * TIMING...INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON TODAY. * IMPACTS...SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 1:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 48 min | |
| Dec 21, 2:28 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 62 min |
| Dec 21, 3:05 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Washington | 3 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:37 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Dec 21, 5:31 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 89 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.