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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 18, 2014, 10:21 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2014, 10:21 AM CDT (15:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2014, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 447 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
901 WHUS42 KTAE 181521 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1121 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET TODAY. LIGHT WINDS AND LOWER SURF ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. FLZ108-112-114-182330- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.140318T1521Z-140319T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1121 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /1021 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LOCATION...WALTON...BAY...GULF COUNTIES * TIMING...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
053 WHUS42 KTAE 181837 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 237 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .WAVE HEIGHTS WILL BE AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET TODAY. LIGHT WINDS AND LOWER SURF ARE EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. FLZ108-112-114-191200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 237 PM EDT TUE MAR 18 2014 /137 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * LOCATION...WALTON...BAY...GULF COUNTIES * TIMING...TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...WALTON AND GULF COUNTIES...RED...BAY COUNTY...DOUBLE RED * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
397 WHUS42 KTAE 190730 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 330 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... FLZ108-112-114-190830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0011.000000T0000Z-140319T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 330 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 /230 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014/ ...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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 8:18 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 56 hr |
| Mar 18, 2:21 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 6 days |
| Mar 18, 3:19 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 12 hr |
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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.