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Rip Current Statement 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 3, 2014, 10:48 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2014, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
341 WHUS42 KTAE 031548 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1148 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE GRADUALLY INCREASING THROUGH THE DAY ALONG WITH INCREASING SURF HEIGHTS AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SURF HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 2 TO 3 FEET RANGE BY AFTERNOON ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST WITH VALUES A LITTLE LOWER ACROSS THE BIG BEND BEACHES. WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY ON SATURDAY WITH THE HIGHEST SURF HEIGHTS EXPECTED ALONG THE GULF COUNTY COAST. FLZ114-040400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0073.141003T1548Z-141004T0400Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1148 AM EDT FRI OCT 3 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...GULF COUNTY * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Oct 3, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 49 min |
| Oct 3, 1:51 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Walton | 29 hr |
| Oct 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Taylor | 19 min |
| Oct 3, 2:55 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 22 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.