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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 19, 2014, 9:53 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2014, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 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 14:59 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, 2.9 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
043 WHUS42 KTAE 191453 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1053 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL DECREASE TO 2 FEET OR LESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHERLY SWELLS DIMINISH. FLZ112-114-200400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0012.140319T1453Z-140320T0400Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1053 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 /953 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN COORDINATION WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...DOUBLE RED FOR BAY COUNTY AND RED FOR GULF COUNTY * SURF...2 TO 3 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
258 WHUS42 KTAE 191548 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET WILL DECREASE TO 2 FEET OR LESS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SOUTHERLY SWELLS DIMINISH. FLZ112-114-200000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-140320T0400Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1148 AM EDT WED MAR 19 2014 /1048 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...RED FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 48 hr |
| Mar 18, 8:34 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 5 days |
| Mar 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Dixie, Taylor | 24 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:14 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Taylor | 3 days |
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.