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Rip Current Statement 21, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 9, 2013, 3:01 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 9, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2013, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 08:00 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, 8.0 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
- 1549 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
013 WHUS42 KTAE 090801 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 401 AM EDT SUN JUN 9 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT THE BEACHES OF BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES... FLZ108-112-100000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0021.130609T1200Z-130610T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 301 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 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 CDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WIND.......... SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY. * SURF HEIGHT... 3 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS....... RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER TODAY. 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. && $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 12:36 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Jun 9, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 1:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 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.