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Rip Current Statement 82, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 17, 2014, 4:28 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 17, 2014, 4:28 AM CST (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 17, 2014, 9:55 AM CST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:31 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
952 WHUS42 KTAE 171028 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 528 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-180900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0082.141117T1028Z-141118T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 528 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 /428 AM CST MON NOV 17 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 FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES FROM CAPE SAN BLAS WEST TO DESTIN. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * SURF...4 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS. 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
161 WHUS42 KTAE 171555 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1055 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... FLZ108-112-114-171700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0082.000000T0000Z-141118T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1055 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 /955 AM CST MON NOV 17 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ FLZ115-180000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0083.141117T1555Z-141118T0000Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1055 AM EST MON NOV 17 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...FRANKLIN COUNTY * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...RED * SURF...4 TO 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 17, 1:26 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Nov 17, 1:28 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 31 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:07 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 17, 2:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 35 min |
| Nov 17, 2:19 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Nov 17, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf | 25 min |
| Nov 17, 2:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 2:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 29 min |
| Nov 17, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 30 min |
| Nov 17, 3:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 44 min |
| Nov 17, 3:54 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Nov 17, 4:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Liberty | 40 min |
| Nov 17, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gadsden | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 5:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington | 38 min |
| Nov 17, 5:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jackson | 50 min |
| Nov 17, 6:52 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 113 min | |
| Nov 17, 7:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson | 26 min |
| Nov 17, 7:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Walton, Washington | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 7:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 51 min |
| Nov 17, 7:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 49 min |
| Nov 17, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 45 min |
| Nov 17, 8:23 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Nov 17, 9:55 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | TAE | Franklin | 8 hr |
| Nov 17, 9:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Nov 17, 12:47 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 19 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.