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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 3, 2013, 1:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 3, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2013, 1:48 AM CDT (06:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 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 06:51 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, 6.8 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
- 1824 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
911 WHUS42 KTAE 030648 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 248 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE EAST CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND DRIFT NORTH TOWARD THE COAST...COMING SHORE NEAR MOBILE BAY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THIS LOW WILL INCREASE ONSHORE WINDS AND SEAS WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SURF AT THE COAST. HIGH SURF ADVISORIES MAY BE REQUIRED FOR THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN IN PLACE AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY. THIS THREAT WILL LIKELY EXPAND EASTWARD TO THE FLORIDA BIG BEND BEACHES LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. FLZ108-112-114-040900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0026.130703T1800Z-130705T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 248 AM EDT WED JUL 3 2013 /148 AM CDT WED JUL 3 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SURF...3 FEET BY THIS EVENING...INCREASING TO 5 TO 7 FEET FOR THURSDAY...AND THEN DROPPING TO 3 TO 5 FEET THURSDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR STRONG 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
2 follow-up statements
714 WHUS42 KTAE 040649 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 249 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... .LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO THIS MORNING AND DRIFT NORTH TOWARD THE COAST TODAY. THIS LOW WILL INCREASE ONSHORE WINDS AND SEAS WHICH WILL RESULT IN INCREASING SURF AT THE COAST. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE THREAT FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT LEAST THROUGH FRIDAY AND THE HIGH RISK AREA HAS BEEN EXTENDED EAST TO INCLUDE FRANKLIN COUNTY. SURF AND THE ASSOCIATED RIP CURRENT RISK WILL SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND. FLZ108-112-050900- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0006.130704T1200Z-130705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-130705T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 149 AM CDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 AM CDT FRIDAY. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 5 TO 7 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR STRONG 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ115-050900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-130705T1800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 249 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...PEAKING TODAY. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR STRONG 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. && $$ FLZ114-050900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-130705T1800Z/ COASTAL GULF- 249 AM EDT THU JUL 4 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...PEAKING TODAY. * IMPACTS...INCREASED RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ 18-WOOL
073 WHUS42 KTAE 050714 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 314 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR WALTON COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... .HIGH SURF ACROSS THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AND THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING. THE THREAT FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES AT LEAST THROUGH THIS MIDDAY FOR WALTON COUNTY. THE RIP CURRENT THREAT HAS SUBSIDED TO MODERATE ELSEWHERE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SUBSIDE OVER THE WEEKEND. FLZ112-051200- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-130705T1800Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130705T1200Z/ COASTAL BAY- 214 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET DECREASING TO 2 TO 3 FEET THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF WILL GRADUALLY BE DIMINISHING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ114-115-050815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-130705T1800Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 314 AM EDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ FLZ108-051800- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-130705T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-130705T1800Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 214 AM CDT FRI JUL 5 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... * SURF...4 TO 6 FEET DECREASING TO 3 TO 4 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...CONTINUED RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 12 days |
| Jul 3, 7:43 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Jul 3, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 3, 9:01 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 52 hr | |
| Jul 3, 9:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 111 min | |
| Jul 3, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Jul 3, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 65 min |
| Jul 3, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 112 min |
| Jul 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 3 days |
| Jul 3, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 3, 6:05 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 36 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.