Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 4, 2015, 3:05 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2015, 3:05 AM CST (09:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 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 09:07 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, 9.1 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
- 75 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 489 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
257 WHUS42 KTAE 040905 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 405 AM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY COASTLINES... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE AVERAGE SURF HEIGHTS TO AROUND 4 FEET WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ108-112-050900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.150104T0905Z-150105T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 305 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
386 WHUS42 KTAE 041724 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1224 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE TONIGHT ALONG THE WALTON AND GULF COUNTY COASTLINES... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL INCREASE AVERAGE SURF HEIGHTS TO AROUND 4 FEET WHICH WILL ELEVATE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ112-041830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0900Z/ COASTAL BAY- 1124 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR BAY COUNTY. $$ FLZ114-050300- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0300Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1224 PM EST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WALTON AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH 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. && $$ FLZ108-050300- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-150105T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1124 AM CST SUN JAN 4 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...WALTON AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 4 FEET WITH HIGHER SETS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 3:02 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 36 hr | |
| Jan 4, 6:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jan 4, 7:41 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 4, 9:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 4, 9:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 11:05 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min |
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.