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Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 6, 2014, 1:52 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2014, 1:52 AM CST (07:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2014, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 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, 7.9 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
452 WHUS42 KTAE 060752 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 252 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... .IN THE WAKE OF A PASSING COLD FRONT THIS MORNING...STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS PLUS 3 TO 5 FOOT SURF WILL GENERATE A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES. WINDS AND SURF WILL DECREASE BY MID AFTERNOON RESULTING IN A DIMINISHED THREAT FOR HIGH RIP CURRENTS. FLZ112-114-062100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.140106T1200Z-140106T2100Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 252 AM EST MON JAN 6 2014 /152 AM CST MON JAN 6 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * TIMING...THIS MORNING INTO LATE 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. && $$ BLOCK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:28 AM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 36 hr |
| Jan 6, 1:20 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 43 hr |
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.