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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 26, 2012, 3:33 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 26, 2012, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2012, 3:33 AM CST (09:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2012, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 26, 2012, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1007 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
184 WHUS42 KTAE 260933 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 433 AM EST THU JAN 26 2012 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WALTON COUNTY... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AND ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...STRONG AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS ARE EXPECTED OVER WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. THIS WILL KICK SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 3 TO 4 FEET WITH A FEW SPOTS POSSIBLY 4 TO 5 FEET WHICH WILL IN TURN GREATLY INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-262200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.120126T1400Z-120127T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 333 AM CST THU JAN 26 2012 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH A FEW SPOTS REACHING 5 FEET. * TIMING...TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. 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. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 1:11 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 109 min | |
| Jan 26, 1:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 50 min |
| Jan 26, 2:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 24 min |
| Jan 26, 2:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 68 min |
| Jan 26, 2:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min | |
| Jan 26, 2:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 18 hr | |
| Jan 26, 4:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 4:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 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.