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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 27, 2011, 3:26 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 27, 2011, 3:26 AM CST (09:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2011, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 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 09:30 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, 9.4 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
- 1307 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
633 WHUS42 KTAE 270926 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 426 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WITH STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS EXPECTED OVER AREA BEACHES. THIS WILL KICK SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 3 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST WHICH WILL IN TURN GREATLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-280000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.111227T0926Z-111228T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 426 AM EST TUE DEC 27 2011 /326 AM CST TUE DEC 27 2011/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK. * SURF HEIGHTS...3 TO 4 FEET AT WEST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. * TIMING...TODAY. 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 11:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 49 min | |
| Dec 27, 12:12 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 33 min | |
| Dec 27, 12:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min | |
| Dec 27, 12:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 33 min |
| Dec 27, 1:18 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 57 min |
| Dec 27, 1:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Dec 27, 2:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 59 min |
| Dec 27, 2:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min |
Nearby
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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.