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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 24, 2012, 2:26 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2012, 2:26 AM CST (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 24, 2012, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 25, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 20 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 08:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.4 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
- 2528 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
958 WHUS42 KTAE 240826 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 326 AM EST MON DEC 24 2012 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AND A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA BIG BEND... ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON TUESDAY (CHRISTMAS DAY) AT ALL AREA BEACHES... .INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS OUT AHEAD OF A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL CREATE LARGE BREAKING WAVES AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY AND TUESDAY. IN FACT...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A VERY STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. FLZ108-112-114-250600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0031.121224T1000Z-121225T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 326 AM EST MON DEC 24 2012 /226 AM CST MON DEC 24 2012/ ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * BEACH WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY AND TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. 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. && $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2:40 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 33 hr |
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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.