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Rip Current Statement 80, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 14, 2014, 9:30 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 14, 2014, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2014, 11:59 PM CST
- In force
- 14 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 15:28 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, 3.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
416 WHUS42 KTAE 141530 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1030 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... NORTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL PREVAIL TODAY AT THE BEACHES WITH LIMITED SURF. EXPECT RED FLAG CONDITIONS AT GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY WITH A MODERATE WIND BLOWING PARALLEL TO THE COAST. ON SATURDAY...WINDS WILL BE A BIT LIGHTER AND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST IN THE MORNING VEERING TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. FLZ114-150500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0080.141114T1530Z-141118T0500Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1030 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...GULF COUNTY * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...RED 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
610 WHUS42 KTAE 141610 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1110 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2014 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... NORTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 MPH WILL PREVAIL TODAY AT THE BEACHES WITH LIMITED SURF. EXPECT RED FLAG CONDITIONS AT GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY WITH A MODERATE WIND BLOWING PARALLEL TO THE COAST. ON SATURDAY...WINDS WILL BE A BIT LIGHTER AND OUT OF THE NORTHEAST IN THE MORNING VEERING TO EAST IN THE AFTERNOON. FLZ114-150500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-141116T0500Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1110 AM EST FRI NOV 14 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...GULF COUNTY * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...RED PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
209 WHUS42 KTAE 150559 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1259 AM EST SAT NOV 15 2014 FLZ114-150700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0080.000000T0000Z-141116T0500Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1259 AM EST SAT NOV 15 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR GULF COUNTY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2:16 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Leon, Wakulla | 15 hr |
| Nov 14, 2:44 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 28 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.