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Rip Current Statement 20, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2013, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 07:32 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, 7.5 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
- 1161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 991 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
457 WHUS42 KTAE 050730 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 330 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING... .MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...ALONG WITH INCREASING SURF. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-115-061200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0020.130605T1200Z-130606T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 330 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 /230 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY...BUILDING TO 4 TO 6 FEET TONIGHT. 2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY BUILDING TO 3 TO 5 FEET TONIGHT. * TIMING...THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE STRONG CURRENTS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS. 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. && $$ DVD
3 follow-up statements
387 WHUS42 KTAE 051855 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 255 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... .MODERATE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT TO SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS AS THEY BACK TO THE EAST. OFFSHORE SEAS WILL BUILD AS HIGH AS 11 FEET. ALONG THE COAST...INCREASING SWELL WILL RESULT IN BUILDING SURF WITH AVERAGE SURF HEIGHTS PEAKING AROUND 7 FEET ALONG THE WALTON COUNTY COAST THURSDAY MORNING AND AROUND 6 FEET ELSEWHERE ALONG THE COAST FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY THURSDAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE FREQUENT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-115-060800- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.130605T1855Z-130607T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 255 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2013 /155 PM CDT WED JUN 5 2013/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THURSDAY. * SURF HEIGHTS...FOR BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES...3 TO 5 FEET THIS AFTERNOON BUILDING TO 5 TO 7 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. FOR THE FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN GULF COUNTY BEACHES...2 TO 4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET ON THURSDAY. SURF WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE STRONG CURRENTS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS AND COULD BE DEADLY. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
573 WHUS42 KTAE 061028 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 628 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...CONDITIONS WILL BE EVEN WORSE AT THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY BUT THESE HAZARDS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH A TROPICAL STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT... .EVEN WITH WINDS GENERALLY OUT OF THE EAST OR NORTHEAST OVER THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...HIGH SWELLS FROM STRENGTHENING TROPICAL STORM ANDREA...WHICH WAS LOCATED ABOUT 195 MILES TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA AS OF 500 AM EDT THIS MORNING...WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LARGE SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ACROSS THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. FLZ115-061130- /O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 628 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THESE ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN CANCELLED...VERY HIGH SURF AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE BEACHES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY TODAY DUE TO TROPICAL STORM ANDREA. THEREFORE... THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING WILL REPLACE THE ABOVE HAZARDS UNTIL ANDREA HAS PASSED THROUGH THE REGION. $$ FLZ108-112-114-070000- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 628 AM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 /528 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2013/ ...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF HEIGHTS...4 TO 7 FEET WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE AT THE BEACHES OF WALTON COUNTY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE STRONG CURRENTS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS AND COULD BE DEADLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ 17-GOULD
885 WHUS42 KTAE 061936 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 336 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... .WITH STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS...SURF HEIGHTS ARE FORECAST TO DIMINISH AND THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. FLZ108-112-114-070000- /O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-130607T0000Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0020.000000T0000Z-130607T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 336 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2013 /236 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ FRIDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * SURF HEIGHTS...3 TO 4 FEET WITH DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. THE HIGHEST SURF WILL BE AT THE BEACHES OF WALTON COUNTY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND ROUGH SURF WILL CREATE FREQUENT...STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THESE STRONG CURRENTS ARE VERY HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS AND COULD BE DEADLY. 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 1:55 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 25 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 7 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor | 11 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more | 29 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.