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Rip Current Statement 17, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 29, 2013, 9:47 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2013, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 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
- 651 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937 WHUS42 KTAE 291447 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1047 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES... .A PERSISTENT MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENTS AND AN INCREASED DANGER OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOCAL BEACHGOERS THIS MORNING REPORT HIGH RIP CURRENT CONDITIONS... FLZ108-112-114-292300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0017.130529T1447Z-130529T2300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1047 AM EDT WED MAY 29 2013 /947 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH AND GUSTY. SEAS 2 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 26 min |
| May 29, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 32 min |
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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.