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Rip Current Statement 32, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2015, 9:02 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2015, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 989 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
500 WHUS42 KTAE 181402 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1002 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .THE PERSISTENT MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS THAT BROUGHT THE HIGHER WAVES AND CURRENTS TO THE BEACHES THIS PAST WEEKEND HAS SUBSIDED. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL ENOUGH OF A SOUTHEAST SWELL FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY. FLZ114-190400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0032.150518T1402Z-150519T0400Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1002 AM EDT MON MAY 18 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. * TIMING...GREATEST THREAT THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON... WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE THREAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...GER 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 18, 3:34 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 5 hr |
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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.