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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 29, 2014, 2:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:16 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, 7.2 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
- 56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
896 WHUS42 KTAE 290712 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 312 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY... .GENERAL OUTLOOK... RATHER STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH. THIS WILL GENERATE RELATIVELY HIGH SURF AND FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-300000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.140329T0712Z-140330T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 312 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 /212 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM. * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...AROUND 4 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. 3 TO 4 FEET ALONG GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. 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. && $$ BARRY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 3:15 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 30 hr | |
| Mar 29, 6:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Mar 29, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Mar 29, 7:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Mar 29, 8:15 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Mar 29, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Mar 29, 10:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 5 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.