Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 16, 2015, 3:05 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 16, 2015, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 08:05 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, 8.1 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
- 628 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
479 WHUS42 KTAE 160805 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 405 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .RELATIVELY STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE CAUSED THE WAVES TO INCREASE. THIS INCREASE IN WAVES...WHEN COMBINED WITH SHIFTING SAND BARS...WILL CREATE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-170000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0030.150516T0805Z-150517T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 405 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF...2 TO 3 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...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. && $$ FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
426 WHUS42 KTAE 160805 CCA CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 405 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .RELATIVELY STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE CAUSED THE WAVES TO INCREASE. THIS INCREASE IN WAVES...WHEN COMBINED WITH SHIFTING SAND BARS...WILL CREATE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-170000- /O.COR.KTAE.RP.S.0030.150516T0805Z-150517T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 405 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FOURNIER
746 WHUS42 KTAE 161350 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 950 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .RELATIVELY STRONG EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS HAVE CAUSED THE WAVES TO INCREASE. THIS INCREASE IN WAVES...WHEN COMBINED WITH SHIFTING SAND BARS...WILL CREATE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-170000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0030.000000T0000Z-150517T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 950 AM EDT SAT MAY 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * WINDS: EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 10-15 KNOTS. * SURF: 2 TO 4 FEET. * 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2:56 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 6 hr | |
| May 16, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes | 48 min |
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.