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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 10, 2013, 12:48 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 10, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2013, 12:48 AM CST (06:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 3070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WHUS42 KTAE 100648 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 148 AM EST SUN MAR 10 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .RATHER STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING SURF WILL LIKELY CAUSE NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-110000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0010.130310T1100Z-130311T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 148 AM EST SUN MAR 10 2013 /1248 AM CST SUN MAR 10 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET BREAKERS...WITH A FEW HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE. * TIMING...ALL DAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS AND BREAKERS REACHING 4 FEET CAN CAUSE MORE FREQUENT AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS THAN NORMAL. 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. && $$ FOURNIER
4 follow-up statements
904 WHUS42 KTAE 101842 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 242 PM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... .BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND BUILDING SURF WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS STRONG RIP CURRENTS AT THE BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-111000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130312T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 242 PM EDT SUN MAR 10 2013 /142 PM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * SURF: 2 TO 4 FOOT BREAKERS...BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY. A FEW HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE STRONGER...MORE FREQUENT...AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 08-LAMERS
040 WHUS42 KTAE 110654 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 254 AM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING ALONG THE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... ...THERE IS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES FROM WALTON TO FRANKLIN COUNTY... .INCREASING SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. FLZ108-112-120000- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0004.130311T0654Z-130312T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130312T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 154 AM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...THERE IS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF: 3 TO 5 FEET WITH ISOLATED LARGER BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LARGE SURF WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. && $$ FLZ114-115-120000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130312T0600Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 254 AM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF: 2 TO 3 FEET...WITH ISOLATED LARGER BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: BUILDING SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. && $$ HARRIGAN
585 WHUS42 KTAE 111832 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 232 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING ALONG THE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES FROM WALTON TO FRANKLIN COUNTY... .INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES INTO TONIGHT. AS THE FRONT EXITS AFTER MIDNIGHT... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OFFSHORE. THE THREAT OF HIGH SURF WILL END BY SUNSET AND THE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENT THREAT AROUND MIDNIGHT. FLZ108-112-120315- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-130312T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130312T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 132 PM CDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF: 3 TO 5 FEET WITH ISOLATED LARGER BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT LARGE SURF WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. && $$ FLZ114-115-120315- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130312T0600Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 232 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF: 3 TO 5 FEET...WITH ISOLATED LARGER BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. && $$ BLOCK
853 WHUS42 KTAE 120101 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 901 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES FROM WALTON TO FRANKLIN COUNTY... FLZ108-112-114-115-120600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-130312T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 901 PM EDT MON MAR 11 2013 /801 PM CDT MON MAR 11 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... * SURF: 3 TO 5 FEET WITH ISOLATED LARGER BREAKERS POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS: DANGEROUS SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. && $$ DVD
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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.