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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 17, 2013, 3:09 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 17, 2013, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2013, 3:09 AM CST (09:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 17, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 18, 2013, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 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 09:15 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, 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
062 WHUS42 KTAE 170909 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 409 AM EST THU JAN 17 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE BEACHES OF BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY FOR THE BEACHES OF BAY...GULF...AND WALTON COUNTIES... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL GENERATE HIGH SURF AND VERY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 5 TO 7 FEET AT THE BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY WITH HIGHER SETS OF 7 TO 9 FEET POSSIBLE. THIS SURF WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER...AND MAY CAUSE SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING. AT THE WALTON COUNTY BEACHES...BREAKERS OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL...AND ALTHOUGH THIS SURF IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO PROMPT AN ADVISORY...THE RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL STILL BE VERY HIGH. FLZ112-114-180600- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.130117T1200Z-130118T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.130117T1200Z-130118T0600Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 409 AM EST THU JAN 17 2013 /309 AM CST THU JAN 17 2013/ ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY... ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF...BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET WITH SETS OF 7 TO 9 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE 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. && $$ FLZ108-180600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.130117T1200Z-130118T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 309 AM CST THU JAN 17 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF...BREAKING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET WITH SETS OF 5 TO 7 FEET POSSIBLE. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 17-GOULD
2 follow-up statements
531 WHUS42 KTAE 171838 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 138 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BAY...GULF...AND WALTON COUNTIES... .HIGH SURF AND FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY DUE TO THE STRONG WEST WINDS. SURF AS HIGH AS 5 FEET HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF LATE MORNING...AND THEY MAY REACH 6 OR 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. THE SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. FLZ112-114-180600- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130118T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130118T0600Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 138 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 /1238 PM CST THU JAN 17 2013/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ FRIDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF...BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE 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. && $$ FLZ108-180600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130118T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1238 PM CST THU JAN 17 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SURF...BREAKING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FOURNIER
152 WHUS42 KTAE 180210 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 910 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST OR 12 AM CST FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK UNTIL 1 AM EST OR 12 AM CST FOR BAY...GULF...AND WALTON COUNTIES... .HIGH SURF AND FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS DEVELOPED ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY UNDER STRONG WEST WINDS. LATER TONIGHT...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A MORE NORTHERLY DIRECTION AND THE THREAT FOR HIGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS WILL DIMINISH. FLZ112-114-180600- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-130118T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130118T0600Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 910 PM EST THU JAN 17 2013 /810 PM CST THU JAN 17 2013/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST OR MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST OR MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY MORNING... * SURF...BREAKING WAVES OF 5 TO 7 FEET. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...ALONG WITH POSSIBLE 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. && $$ FLZ108-180600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-130118T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 810 PM CST THU JAN 17 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SURF...BREAKING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 6:26 PM CST | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:13 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 22 hr | |
| Jan 17, 3:09 AM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 21 hr |
| Jan 17, 12:48 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 44 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2013Every rip current statement in 2013
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.