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Rip Current Statement 25, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 29, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 29, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT (15:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 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 15:46 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 360 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
- 376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
161 WHUS42 KTAE 291545 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1145 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... FLZ108-112-114-115-300200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0025.130629T1600Z-130630T0200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1145 AM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013 /1045 AM CDT SAT JUN 29 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. BEACH AGENCIES ARE FLYING RED FLAG WHICH ARE INDICATIVE OF THE PRESENCE OF 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 7:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 29, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton, Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Jun 29, 2:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 2:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 62 min |
| Jun 29, 3:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jun 29, 3:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 71 min | |
| Jun 29, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 81 min | |
| Jun 29, 5:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Jun 29, 6:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Jun 29, 7:57 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min |
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.