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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 23, 2013, 2:54 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 23, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2013, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2013, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 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 07:58 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, 7.9 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
- 3146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452 WHUS42 KTAE 230754 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 354 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR WALTON...BAY AND WESTERN GULF COUNTIES... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE EAST AND ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA ON SUNDAY. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES THIS EVENING. AS THE FRONT EXITS DURING LATE SUNDAY MORNING...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OFFSHORE BUT THE THREAT OF HIGH RIP CURRENTS WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY MORNING. HIGH SURF IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD AND WILL BE MONITORED IN CASE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NECESSARY. FLZ108-112-114-231700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.130324T0000Z-130325T1600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 354 AM EDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /254 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SURF: 3 TO 4 FEET WITH ISOLATED SPOTS 5 FEET. * TIMING...THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...HIGH 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. && $$ BLOCK
2 follow-up statements
979 WHUS42 KTAE 240652 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 252 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR WALTON...BAY AND WESTERN GULF COUNTIES... .A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL RACE EAST AND ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA THIS MORNING. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT...INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS AND BUILDING SEAS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES. AS THE FRONT EXITS...WINDS WILL SHIFT TO OFFSHORE BUT THE THREAT OF HIGH RIP CURRENTS WILL LINGER INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING. HIGH SURF IS ALSO POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD AND WILL BE MONITORED IN CASE A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NECESSARY. FLZ108-112-114-241815- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130325T1300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 252 AM EDT SUN MAR 24 2013 /152 AM CDT SUN MAR 24 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SURF: 4 TO 5 FEET WITH ISOLATED SPOTS 5 TO 6 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY MORNING * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. && $$ BLOCK
030 WHUS42 KTAE 250706 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 306 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT/8AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR WALTON...BAY AND WESTERN GULF COUNTIES... .IN THE WAKE OF YESTERDAY'S STRONG COLD FRONT...BRISK OFFSHORE WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS PERSIST ACROSS THE PANHANDLE BEACHES. THIS HAS PRODUCED DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. WITH OFFSHORE WINDS PERSISTING FOR ALMOST 24 HOURS...THE THREAT OF HIGH RIP CURRENTS WILL END BY THIS MORNING...LINGERING LONGEST ACROSS GULF COUNTY BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-251300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-130325T1300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 306 AM EDT MON MAR 25 2013 /206 AM CDT MON MAR 25 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EDT /8 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING... * SURF: 3 TO 5 FEET EARLY DECREASING TO 2 TO 3 FEET BY MID MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH 9 AM EDT THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...UNTIL 9 AM EDT...HIGH SURF AND STRONG WINDS MAY CREATE DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ESPECIALLY ACROSS GULF COUNTY. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:46 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 71 hr | |
| Mar 23, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Washington | 53 min |
| Mar 23, 7:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 8:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 42 min |
| Mar 23, 8:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 43 min |
| Mar 23, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Mar 23, 9:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 47 min |
| Mar 23, 11:05 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Mar 23, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Mar 23, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Mar 23, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 46 min |
| Mar 23, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Mar 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 81 min | |
| Mar 23, 2:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Mar 23, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 51 min |
| Mar 23, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Mar 23, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Mar 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 52 min |
| Mar 23, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie | 41 min |
| Mar 23, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 38 min |
| Mar 23, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin | 44 min |
| Mar 23, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Mar 23, 6:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 6 days |
| Mar 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 14 hr |
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.