Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2011
Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2011, 7:49 PM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2011, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1306 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
449 WHUS42 KTAE 010049 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 849 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .MODERATE WESTERLY WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY WILL LEAD TO INCREASED SURF AND STRENGTHENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES. SURF AND RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY THE END OF THE DAY FRIDAY. FLZ108-112-114-020000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0005.110401T0049Z-110402T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 849 PM EDT THU MAR 31 2011 /749 PM CDT THU MAR 31 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. $$ PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW RIP CURRENT HAZARD... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SURVEY/NWS-SURVEY.PHP?CODE=RCVTECCHM
2 follow-up statements
527 WHUS42 KTAE 010753 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 353 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH FRIDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-114-012300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110402T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 353 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 /253 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES... * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE WEST FACING BEACHES COMBINED WITH MODERATE WESTERLY WINDS WILL KEEP RIP CURRENTS STRONG TODAY. * TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. $$
124 WHUS42 KTAE 010755 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 355 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-114-012300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0005.000000T0000Z-110402T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 355 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2011 /255 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2011/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES... * SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE WEST FACING BEACHES COMBINED WITH MODERATE WESTERLY WINDS WILL KEEP RIP CURRENTS STRONG TODAY. * TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .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. $$
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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.