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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 19, 2014, 1:01 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jan 19, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2014, 1:01 AM CST (07:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:02 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
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 2628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
378 WHUS42 KTAE 190701 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 201 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ACROSS THE BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES... FLZ108-112-114-200000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.140119T0900Z-140120T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 201 AM EST SUN JAN 19 2014 /101 AM CST SUN JAN 19 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. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * WIND...WEST-SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH THIS MORNING VEERING TO THE WEST-NORTHWEST THIS 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. && $$ DVD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 6:08 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min | |
| Jan 19, 6:34 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 56 min |
| Jan 19, 7:09 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 111 min |
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.