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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 5, 2013, 4:08 PM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 2013, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2013, 2:43 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 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 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 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
- 166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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.
550 WHUS42 KTAE 052108 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 508 PM EDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS... .TROPICAL STORM KAREN WILL WEAKEN TO A DEPRESSION. HOWEVER... SUFFICIENT SWELL WAS GENERATED BY THE STORM TO RESULT IN ELEVATED SURF AND AN ASSOCIATED HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-060900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.131005T2108Z-131007T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 508 PM EDT SAT OCT 5 2013 /408 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET...INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...HIGHEST SURF SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
2 follow-up statements
591 WHUS42 KTAE 060828 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 428 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .ENHANCED WINDS AND SWELL FROM THE REMNANTS OF KAREN WILL GENERATE INCREASED SURF HEIGHTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE POTENTIAL FOR DEADLY RIP CURRENTS IS HIGH. FLZ108-112-114-071200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-131007T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 428 AM EDT SUN OCT 6 2013 /328 AM CDT SUN OCT 6 2013/ ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL BREAKERS UP TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HARRIGAN
086 WHUS42 KTAE 070743 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 343 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... FLZ108-112-114-070845- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-131007T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 343 AM EDT MON OCT 7 2013 /243 AM CDT MON OCT 7 2013/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 2:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 61 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.