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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 25, 2013, 9:02 PM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 25, 2013, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2013, 7:47 PM CST
- In force
- 23 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 03:04 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, 3.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 280 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
521 WHUS42 KTAE 260302 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1002 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TUESDAY... .STRONG EAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY VEER TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE ABOVE NORMAL TIDES...HIGH SURF...AND FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-270300- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0007.131126T0302Z-131127T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0043.131126T0302Z-131127T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1002 PM EST MON NOV 25 2013 /902 PM CST MON NOV 25 2013/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ TUESDAY. A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * SURF...FROM PANAMA CITY WESTWARD...AVERAGE 4 TO 6 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 9 FEET SETS. EAST OF PANAMA CITY...3 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL 6 FEET SETS. * TIMING...HIGHEST SURF AND STRONGEST RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED ALL DAY TUESDAY...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. SOME BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE. 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. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER.. && $$ FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
724 WHUS42 KTAE 270147 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 847 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND IS CANCELLED... FLZ108-112-114-115-270300- /O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-131127T0300Z/ /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-131127T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 847 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 /747 PM CST TUE NOV 26 2013/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SURF WILL FALL BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG RIP CURRENTS MAY REMAIN...AND ANOTHER RIP CURRENT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR WEDNESDAY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 8:50 PM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 18 hr | |
| Nov 25, 8:50 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 55 hr | |
| Nov 25, 9:02 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 23 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Nov 26, 5:59 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Nov 26, 6:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Nov 26, 6:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Nov 26, 7:40 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Nov 26, 7:43 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Nov 26, 8:29 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Nov 26, 8:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Nov 26, 8:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf, Liberty | 29 min |
| Nov 26, 9:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 39 min |
| Nov 26, 9:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 33 min |
| Nov 26, 9:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Liberty | 30 min |
| Nov 26, 9:21 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Nov 26, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 32 min |
| Nov 26, 10:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Nov 26, 10:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Nov 26, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Nov 26, 11:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Nov 26, 12:51 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Nov 26, 2:16 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 32 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.