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Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 2, 2014, 3:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2014, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 08:11 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, 8.2 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026 WHUS42 KTAE 020810 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 410 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .ELEVATED EASTERLY WINDS WILL GENERATE MODERATE SURF ALONG EAST FACING BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY. FLZ108-112-020915- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-140602T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 310 AM CDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$ FLZ115-030800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0048.140602T0810Z-140603T0800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 410 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HARRIGAN/DOBBS
2 follow-up statements
468 WHUS42 KTAE 021528 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... ELEVATED EASTERLY WINDS WILL BRING STRONG SURF TO AREA BEACHES TODAY WITH WAVES UP TO 2 OR 3 FEET POSSIBLE AT FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT ALL AREA BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-022330- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-140603T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 /1028 AM CDT MON JUN 2 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...ALONG WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES. * 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. && $$ FLZ115-022330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-140603T0800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1128 AM EDT MON JUN 2 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
553 WHUS42 KTAE 030809 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 409 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH TODAY... .PROLONGED EASTERLY WINDS NEAR 15 KNOTS WILL ELEVATE SURF ALONG EASTWARD FACING BEACHES. THUS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY. FLZ115-040800- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-140603T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0049.140603T0809Z-140604T0800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 409 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 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...ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * 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. $$ FLZ108-112-114-030915- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-140603T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 409 AM EDT TUE JUN 3 2014 /309 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 10:10 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 9 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.