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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 28, 2015, 2:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 28, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2015, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 28, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 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 07:25 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, 7.4 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
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 739 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 326 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
631 WHUS42 KTAE 280722 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 322 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015 ...STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS LIKELY TODAY... .INCREASING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL CAUSE WAVES AND SURF TO BUILD...WITH SURF HEIGHTS REACHING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET ALONG THE BEACHES. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG AND SHIFTING OFFSHORE WIND PATTERNS DUE TO PASSING AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE MULTIPLE WAVE GROUPS AND WAVE DIRECTIONS...WHICH CAN ALSO INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ108-112-114-115-290900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0026.150428T0900Z-150429T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 322 AM EDT TUE APR 28 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...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * SURF: 3 TO 4 FEET IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES. 2 TO 3 FEET IN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. * IMPACTS: STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY TODAY...WHICH COULD 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. && $$ AL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 11:17 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 15 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.