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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 17, 2012, 2:27 PM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Sep 18, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 17, 2012, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 18, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2012, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 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
- 885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
290 WHUS42 KTAE 171927 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 327 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FROM TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS WILL PEAK AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE SURF ALONG THE COAST...PARTICULARLY FROM CAPE SAN BLAS WESTWARD. FLZ108-112-114-180830- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0025.120918T0600Z-120919T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 327 PM EDT MON SEP 17 2012 /227 PM CDT MON SEP 17 2012/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TUESDAY THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * SURF...INCREASING TO 5 FEET OVERNIGHT AND REMAINING ELEVATED ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...INCREASING RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
946 WHUS42 KTAE 180813 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 413 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .ONSHORE WINDS WILL PEAK AT 20 TO 25 KNOTS FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS MORNING MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT. THESE WINDS WILL INCREASE SURF ALONG THE COAST...PARTICULARLY FROM CAPE SAN BLAS WESTWARD. FLZ108-112-114-190600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0025.000000T0000Z-120919T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 413 AM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 /313 AM CDT TUE SEP 18 2012/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...UP TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...INCREASING RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Sep 17, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 25 min |
| Sep 17, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson | 36 min |
| Sep 17, 2:19 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 29 hr | |
| Sep 17, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Sep 17, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 48 min |
| Sep 17, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Sep 17, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 43 min |
| Sep 17, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 44 min |
| Sep 17, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 83 min |
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.