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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 14, 2014, 9:22 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2014, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:25 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
715 WHUS42 KTAE 141422 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1022 AM EDT MON APR 14 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE SHORES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES... .SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH LOWER WINDS AND SURF IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WITH ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH BEHIND A COLD FRONT TUESDAY. SURF WILL BUILD TO 3 TO 4 FEET TUESDAY FROM EASTERN BAY COUNTY TO CAPE SAN BLAS WHERE THE RIP CURRENT RISK WILL BE HIGH. FLZ108-112-142230- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.140414T1422Z-140414T2300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 922 AM CDT MON APR 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...COASTAL WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES INCLUDING THE BEACHES OF SANTA ROSA...CAPE SAN BLAS...AND PANAMA CITY * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET * IMPACTS...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 1:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:40 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.