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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 10, 20114 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 10, 2011, 2:27 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 10, 2011, 2:27 AM CST (08:27 UTC)
Expired
Jan 10, 2011, 12:00 PM CST
In force
10 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 08:26 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, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-01-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2011-01-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 364 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2508 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
364 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
448 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

083 
WHUS42 KTAE 100827
CFWTAE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
327 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR WALTON
COUNTY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY FOR THE
BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND AND EASTERN PANHANDLE...

FLZ108-101800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.110110T0827Z-110110T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.110110T0827Z-110110T1800Z/
SOUTH WALTON-
227 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY AS SURF HEIGHTS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 6 FEET THIS
MORNING. SURF OF THIS MAGNITUDE IS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATE WITH A HIGH
RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION TODAY AND
BRIEFLY KICK UP THE SURF ACROSS AREA BEACHES. WINDS WILL QUICKLY
SHIFT TO OFFSHORE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW AND THIS
WILL WORK TO LAY DOWN THE SURF. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH
EROSION.

&&

$$

FLZ112-114-115-101800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.110110T0827Z-110110T1800Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
327 AM EST MON JAN 10 2011 /227 AM CST MON JAN 10 2011/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS
AFTERNOON...

A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL PASS SOUTH OF THE REGION TODAY AND
BRIEFLY KICK UP THE SURF ACROSS AREA BEACHES. THIS WILL PRODUCE AN
ELEVATED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SHIFT TO
OFFSHORE AND DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW AND
THIS WILL WORK TO LAY DOWN THE SURF.

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 2:27 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEWalton10 hr
Jan 10, 3:38 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE14 hr
Jan 10, 1:28 PM CSTFire Weather WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more38 hr

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.