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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 31, 2014, 10:03 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2014, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 7:00 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 15:09 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, 3.1 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
364 WHUS42 KTAE 311503 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1103 AM EDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... .MODERATE TO HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH BREAKERS PEAKING AROUND 2 FEET. FROM DESTIN AND PANAMA CITY BEACH...BREAKERS WILL REACH 3 FEET AT TIMES. THESE SURF CONDITIONS MAY PROMOTE PERIODS OF ACTIVE RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES. FLZ108-112-312315- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0064.140831T1503Z-140901T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 1003 AM CDT SUN AUG 31 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...PANAMA CITY AREA BEACHES WEST TO DESTIN BEACHES * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET * IMPACTS...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 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Aug 30, 10:35 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Aug 30, 11:07 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 83 min |
| Aug 30, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Aug 31, 12:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 94 min |
| Aug 31, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Jefferson | 59 min |
| Aug 31, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 52 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.