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Rip Current Statement 109, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 19, 2015, 10:08 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2015, 10:08 AM CST (16:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2015, 8:00 PM CST
- In force
- 10 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 16:11 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, 4.1 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
- 2150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988 WHUS42 KTAE 191608 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1108 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ114-200200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0109.151219T1608Z-151220T0200Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1108 AM EST SAT DEC 19 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING 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...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2:14 AM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:01 PM CST | Frost Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 19, 1:01 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Wakulla and 2 more | 19 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015
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.