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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2012, 3:09 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2012, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 19, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2012, 12:00 AM CST
- 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 09:06 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, 9.2 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
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
408 WHUS42 KTAE 180909 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 409 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT FOR THE EASTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-200600- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0002.120219T0900Z-120220T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.120219T0600Z-120220T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 409 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2012 /309 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ SUNDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * WAVES AND SURF...5 TO 7 FEET. * TIMING...LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 2:59 AM CST | Gale Watch | TAE | 12 hr | |
| Feb 18, 2:59 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 48 hr | |
| Feb 18, 2:59 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 55 hr | |
| Feb 18, 3:09 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 45 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:39 PM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 24 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2012Every rip current statement in 2012
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.