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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 12, 2015, 2:37 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2015, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 993 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
646 WHUS42 KTAE 120737 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 337 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES... .ONSHORE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS COMBINED WITH ONSHORE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-131200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.150612T0737Z-150613T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 337 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. 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. && $$ DVD
5 follow-up statements
443 WHUS42 KTAE 121459 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1059 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES... .ONSHORE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS COMBINED WITH ONSHORE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-131200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150613T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1059 AM EDT FRI JUN 12 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
546 WHUS42 KTAE 130703 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 303 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE BEACHES FROM WALTON THROUGH GULF COUNTY... .ONSHORE WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KNOTS COMBINED WITH ONSHORE LONG PERIOD SWELLS WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-141200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150614T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 303 AM EDT SAT JUN 13 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. 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. && $$ DVD
707 WHUS42 KTAE 140718 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 318 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY COASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... .A LONG PERIOD SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE TO THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY COASTS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE AND INCREASED SURF. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR AN INCREASE IN RIP CURRENTS. FLZ114-140830- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150614T1200Z/ COASTAL GULF- 318 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. SURF ALONG THE GULF COUNTY COAST IS EXPECTED TO BE LOWER TODAY. HOWEVER...AN INCREASE IN SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK IS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON MONDAY. $$ FLZ108-112-150900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150616T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 318 AM EDT SUN JUN 14 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. 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. && $$ DVD
624 WHUS42 KTAE 150741 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 341 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TUESDAY ALONG WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH. SURF HEIGHTS IN THE 3 TO 4 FOOT RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. FLZ114-160000- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150617T0900Z/ COASTAL GULF- 341 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ108-112-160000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150617T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 341 AM EDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
169 WHUS42 KTAE 160732 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 332 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... .LONG PERIOD SOUTHERLY SWELL FROM TROPICAL BILL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. SURF HEIGHTS IN THE 3 TO 4 FOOT RANGE CAN BE EXPECTED PARTICULARLY ALONG THE WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. THESE CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. THE SWELL WILL DIMINISH ON WEDNESDAY. FLZ108-112-114-170900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-150617T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 332 AM EDT TUE JUN 16 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr |
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.