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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 18, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 18, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2013, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 06:48 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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452 WHUS42 KTAE 180645 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 245 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... .PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY FLOW WITH HIGHER GUSTS OVER THE COASTAL WATERS WILL CAUSE INCREASING SURF TODAY ACROSS THE PANHANDLE BEACHES. STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY INTO THIS EVENING ALONG WALTON...BAY AND TO A LESSER EXTENT GULF COUNTY COASTLINES. FLZ108-112-114-182330- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0029.000000T0000Z-130819T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0030.130818T1200Z-130819T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 245 AM EDT SUN AUG 18 2013 /145 AM CDT SUN AUG 18 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /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 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * WAVES AND SURF...BUILDING TO 4 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENTS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND REMAINING STRONG INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:49 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 9 days |
| Aug 17, 11:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 9 days |
| Aug 17, 11:00 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 12 days |
| Aug 18, 5:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 38 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 18, 6:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 13 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:08 AM CDT | River Flood Advisory | TAE | Calhoun | 20 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 27 min | |
| Aug 18, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Aug 18, 11:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Aug 18, 11:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Walton | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 12:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Liberty | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 11 days |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 13 days |
| Aug 18, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 53 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.