Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2012
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 11, 2012, 1:12 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 11, 2012, 1:12 AM CST (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 53 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 07:14 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, 7.2 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
653 WHUS42 KTAE 110712 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 212 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-121200- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.120111T0712Z-120112T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.120111T0712Z-120112T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 212 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /112 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY... ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THURSDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...THE HIGH SURF AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL PRODUCE STRONG RIP CURRENTS AND SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION. 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. 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. && $$ DVD
1 follow-up statement
391 WHUS42 KTAE 120822 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 322 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY THAT WAS IN AFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TODAY FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE BEACHES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-131200- /O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120112T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 322 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /222 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. SURF IS CURRENTLY BELOW 6 FEET ACROSS THE AREA...AND IS FORECAST TO REMAIN MAINLY BELOW 6 FEET. HOWEVER...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS WITH SURF OF 4 TO 5 FEET AND STRONG ONSHORE WINDS. * WAVES AND SURF...4 TO 5 FEET TODAY AND POSSIBLY APPROACHING 6 FEET AT TIME TONIGHT. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ115-131200- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 322 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...2 TO 3 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS. * TIMING...THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING 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. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 12:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 11, 1:04 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 1:12 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 25 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 24 min |
| Jan 11, 5:40 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Jan 11, 7:03 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min |
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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.