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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 16, 2011, 2:57 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 16, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 2011, 2:57 AM CDT (07:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 07:59 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, 8.0 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
- 1577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966 WHUS42 KTAE 160757 CFWTAE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 357 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .STEADY ONSHORE FLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KTS WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SURF AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. FLZ108-112-114-170600- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-110417T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0008.110416T1200Z-110417T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 357 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011 /257 AM CDT SAT APR 16 2011/ ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... STEADY ONSHORE FLOW BETWEEN 15 AND 20 KTS WILL LEAD TO BUILDING SURF AND THE POSSIBILITY FOR STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 3:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 38 min |
| Apr 16, 4:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 36 min |
| Apr 16, 9:06 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Leon | 28 hr |
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.