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Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2014, 1:54 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2014, 1:54 AM CDT (06:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 06:57 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, 6.9 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
- 901 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1454 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
585 WHUS42 KTAE 010654 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 254 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ANOTHER DAY OF HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS FORECAST FOR THE WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. THIS HIGH RISK MAY EXTEND AS FAR EAST TO PANAMA CITY. BEACH GOERS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RIP CURRENT RISK BY CHECKING THE BEACH FLAG SYSTEM OR WITH LOCAL BEACH PATROLS. FLZ108-020000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0065.140901T0654Z-140902T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 154 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * BEACH FLAGS...RED. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET...OCCASIONALLY 4 FEET. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
305 WHUS42 KTAE 011331 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 931 AM EDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .ANOTHER DAY OF HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS FORECAST FOR THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. THE HIGH RISK WILL EXTEND FROM AROUND DESTIN TO PANAMA CITY. BEACH GOERS SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RIP CURRENT RISK BY CHECKING THE BEACH FLAG SYSTEM OR BEACH PATROLS. FLZ112-012145- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0065.000000T0000Z-140902T0000Z/ COASTAL BAY- 831 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BAY COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * BEACH FLAGS...RED. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ108-012145- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0065.000000T0000Z-140902T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 831 AM CDT MON SEP 1 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING * BEACH FLAGS...RED. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET...OCCASIONALLY 4 FEET. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 4:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 2 hr |
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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.