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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 5, 2012, 3:20 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 2012, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 08:23 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, 8.3 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
- 43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
221 WHUS42 KTAE 050820 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 420 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES... FLZ108-112-114-060000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.120905T0820Z-120906T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 420 AM EDT WED SEP 5 2012 /320 AM CDT WED SEP 5 2012/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT TODAY... * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES TODAY INCREASING TO 4 TO 6 FEET THIS EVENING. * RIP CURRENTS...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY TODAY. * IMPACTS...THE LARGE SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS WILL POSE A THREAT TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... STRONG RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY TODAY. EVERYONE SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE WATER. && $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 12:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Walton | 109 min |
| Sep 5, 2:43 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:58 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Sep 5, 8:26 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 6 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.