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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 25, 2011, 2:14 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 25, 2011, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2011, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 25, 2011, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2011, 2:01 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
757 WHUS42 KTAE 250814 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 314 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING UNTIL WEDNESDAY EVENING ALONG THE BEACHES OF WALTON... BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... .AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SURF THAT FAVOR A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALONG THE BIG BEND BEACHES...SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY AND 1 TO 2 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-261200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0003.110125T1200Z-110127T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 314 AM EST TUE JAN 25 2011 /214 AM CST TUE JAN 25 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...BRINGING AN INCREASE IN WINDS AND SURF THAT FAVOR A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY AND WEDNESDAY. ALONG THE BIG BEND BEACHES...SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 FEET TODAY AND 1 TO 2 FEET ON WEDNESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. 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 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. $$ DVD
1 follow-up statement
623 WHUS42 KTAE 260801 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 301 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 ...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... .ALTHOUGH LINGERING SWELLS FROM THE LONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FETCH WILL PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET WITH A FEW 5 FOOT SETS TODAY AT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND...STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO MODERATE. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE LARGE BREAKING WAVES... ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER SHOULD DO SO WITH GREAT CAUTION. FLZ108-112-114-115-260915- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-110127T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 301 AM EST WED JAN 26 2011 /201 AM CST WED JAN 26 2011/ ...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... ALTHOUGH LINGERING SWELLS FROM THE LONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY FETCH WILL PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 4 FEET WITH A FEW 5 FOOT SETS TODAY AT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN BIG BEND...STRONG OFFSHORE FLOW SHOULD HELP REDUCE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TO MODERATE. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE LARGE BREAKING WAVES... ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER SHOULD DO SO WITH GREAT CAUTION. $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 3:23 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 39 hr | |
| Jan 25, 5:32 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more | 6 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.