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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 15, 2014, 2:35 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 15, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 2014, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 15, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 15, 2014, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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.
573 WHUS42 KTAE 150835 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 335 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 ...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF BAY AND GULF COUNTIES... FLZ112-114-152300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0005.140215T0900Z-140215T2300Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 335 AM EST SAT FEB 15 2014 /235 AM CST SAT FEB 15 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND...NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH AND GUSTY DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SURF...4 TO 5 FEET WITH A FEW 8 FOOT SETS DECREASING TO 2 TO 4 FEET WITH A FEW 5 FOOT SETS THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE WATER. 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. && $$ 17-GOULD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 11:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 59 min |
| Feb 14, 11:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Feb 15, 12:33 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon, Liberty | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 1:05 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Feb 15, 1:26 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Wakulla | 64 min |
| Feb 15, 2:23 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 2:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min |
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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.