Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 23, 2015, 2:52 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2015, 2:52 AM CST (08:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2015, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 48 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 08:52 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, 8.9 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
- 1356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
324 WHUS42 KTAE 230852 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 352 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-240900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0003.150123T0852Z-150124T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 352 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2015 /252 AM CST FRI JAN 23 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...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET 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. && $$ CAMP
2 follow-up statements
272 WHUS42 KTAE 231445 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 945 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-240900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150124T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 945 AM EST FRI JAN 23 2015 /845 AM CST FRI JAN 23 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
649 WHUS42 KTAE 240901 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 401 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ115-241015- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150124T0900Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 401 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK WILL EXPIRE AT 4 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING... THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. PLEASE SEE THE SURF ZONE FORECAST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. $$ FLZ108-112-114-250900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-150125T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 401 AM EST SAT JAN 24 2015 /301 AM CST SAT JAN 24 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...WALTON...BAY...AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...TODAY * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:42 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 23, 3:42 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jan 23, 5:13 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 2 hr |
| Jan 23, 6:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jan 23, 9:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Jan 23, 10:35 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 25 min | |
| Jan 23, 11:00 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Jan 23, 11:31 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Jan 23, 12:34 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Jan 23, 1:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 4 days |
| Jan 23, 1:31 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 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.