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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 11, 2014, 3:21 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2014, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
972 WHUS42 KTAE 110821 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 421 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .MODEST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SURF ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES TODAY. THE EASTERLY COMPONENT WILL ALSO ACT TO ENHANCE LONGSHORE CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES. THE COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. FLZ108-112-120800- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-140511T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.140511T0821Z-140512T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 321 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ115-110930- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-140511T0800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 421 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
2 follow-up statements
561 WHUS42 KTAE 110823 CCA CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 423 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .MODEST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SURF ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES TODAY. THE EASTERLY COMPONENT WILL ALSO ACT TO ENHANCE LONGSHORE CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES. THE COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. FLZ108-112-120800- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-140511T0800Z/ /O.COR.KTAE.RP.S.0038.140511T0823Z-140512T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 323 AM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ115-110930- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0037.000000T0000Z-140511T0800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 423 AM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
241 WHUS42 KTAE 111924 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 324 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .MODEST SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE SURF ALONG EAST AND SOUTH FACING BEACHES TODAY. THE EASTERLY COMPONENT WILL ALSO ACT TO ENHANCE LONGSHORE CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES. THE COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. FLZ115-120500- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-140512T0500Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 324 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY. * LOCATION...BAY...WALTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ108-112-120500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-140512T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 224 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...BAY AND WALTON COUNTIES. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:18 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 3 hr |
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.