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Rip Current Statement 61, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2014, 1:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2014, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 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 06:15 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, 6.2 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
- 2800 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
580 WHUS42 KTAE 280614 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 214 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .THE COMBINATION OF INCREASING WESTERLY WIND AND SURF AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO YIELD A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT. FLZ108-112-114-290800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0061.140728T0614Z-140729T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 214 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 /114 AM CDT MON JUL 28 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...THE BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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... 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. && $$ DVD
1 follow-up statement
711 WHUS42 KTAE 281523 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1123 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL LOCAL BEACHES... THERE IS INCREASING WESTERLY WIND AND SURF AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ALL LOCAL BEACHES. FLZ115-290800- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0061.000000T0000Z-140729T0800Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1123 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...THE BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY...FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-290800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0061.000000T0000Z-140729T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1123 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014 /1023 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...THE BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY...FRANKLIN AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED TO CREATE A HIGH RISK OF DANGEROUS 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... 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 2:05 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 15 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Jul 28, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 47 min |
| Jul 28, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson, Liberty | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 38 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.