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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 26, 2015, 8:48 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2015, 8:48 AM CDT (13:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:51 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
740 WHUS42 KTAE 261348 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 948 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... .ELEVATED SURF AROUND 3 FEET AND ONSHORE WINDS TODAY AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WILL MAINTAIN A RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. FLZ108-112-270600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.150426T1348Z-150427T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 948 AM EDT SUN APR 26 2015 ...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: WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. * WINDS: ONSHORE AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. * SURF: AROUND 3 FEET. * IMPACTS: STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THAN A TYPICAL DAY ARE LIKELY TODAY...WHICH WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO THOSE ENTERING THE WATER. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Apr 26, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 43 min | |
| Apr 26, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 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.