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Rip Current Statement 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 22, 2014, 3:23 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 22, 2014, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2014, 3:23 AM CST (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 22, 2014, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 25, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
116 WHUS42 KTAE 220923 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 423 AM EST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT DEVELOPS WEST OF THE AREA AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...WINDS AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ108-112-114-115-230900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0085.141122T1800Z-141124T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 423 AM EST SAT NOV 22 2014 /323 AM CST SAT NOV 22 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. && $$ DVD
4 follow-up statements
125 WHUS42 KTAE 222127 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 427 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT... .AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT DEVELOPS WEST OF THE AREA AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...WINDS AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ108-112-231500- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0002.141123T1500Z-141124T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141124T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 327 PM CST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST SUNDAY NIGHT... * SURF...BUILDING TO 5 TO 6 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES ON SUNDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ114-115-231500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141124T0900Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 427 PM EST SAT NOV 22 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... 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. && $$ HARRIGAN
790 WHUS42 KTAE 230854 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 354 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING... .AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND COLD FRONT DEVELOPS WEST OF THE AREA AND MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...WINDS AND SURF WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ108-112-232100- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0002.141123T1500Z-141124T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141124T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 254 AM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... * SURF: BUILDING TO 6 TO 7 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ114-115-232100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141124T0900Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 354 AM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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. && $$
721 WHUS42 KTAE 232125 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 425 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH MIDNIGHT... .AS A SQUALL LINE MOVES EAST AND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTH OUT OF THE REGION...WINDS AND SURF WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE. HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE A THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT WHILE THE SURF ONLY GRADUALLY SUBSIDES. FLZ108-112-240500- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-141124T0600Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141124T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 325 PM CST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST MONDAY... * SURF: AROUND 6 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ114-115-240500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141124T0900Z/ COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 425 PM EST SUN NOV 23 2014 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... 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. && $$ HARRIGAN
103 WHUS42 KTAE 240831 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 331 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014 ...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS WILL MAINTAIN HIGHER THAN NORMAL SURF ALONG THE PANHANDLE COAST TODAY. A THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT WHILE THE SURF ONLY GRADUALLY SUBSIDES. FLZ108-112-114-115-250900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-141125T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 331 AM EST MON NOV 24 2014 /231 AM CST MON NOV 24 2014/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF: AROUND 6 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... TAPERING OFF TO THE EAST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 1:44 AM CST | Gale Warning | TAE | 40 hr | |
| Nov 22, 3:20 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 35 hr | |
| Nov 22, 3:27 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Walton | 33 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014
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.