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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 11, 2013, 3:03 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 11, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2013, 3:03 AM CDT (08:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2013, 2:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
708 WHUS42 KTAE 110803 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 403 AM EDT THU APR 11 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .INCREASING ONSHORE WINDS WILL INCREASE SURF HEIGHTS ALONG THE COAST TODAY WHICH IN TURN WILL INCREASE THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-121200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0012.130411T1500Z-130412T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 303 AM CDT THU APR 11 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET * TIMING...LATE MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
214 WHUS42 KTAE 120750 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 350 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... .DECREASING OFFSHORE WINDS HAVE LOWERED THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR TODAY. FLZ108-112-120900- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-130412T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 250 AM CDT FRI APR 12 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:00 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 25 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.