Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 25, 2015, 9:56 AM CST for Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 25, 2015, 9:56 AM CST (15:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 25, 2015, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2119 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
385 WHUS42 KTAE 251556 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1056 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WALTON AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-114-260300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.150125T1556Z-150126T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL GULF- 1056 AM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 /956 AM CST SUN JAN 25 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WALTON AND GULF COUNTIES * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT * BEACH FLAGS...RED * 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
341 WHUS42 KTAE 252048 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 348 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... FLZ114-260500- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.150126T0300Z-150127T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150126T0300Z/ COASTAL GULF- 348 PM EST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY. * LOCATION...WALTON AND GULF COUNTIES. * PEAK SURF...5 TO 7 FEET WITH 6 TO 8 FOOT SETS. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * BEACH FLAGS...RED...LIKELY DOUBLE RED SOON. * IMPACTS...SURF HEIGHTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ112-260500- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0001.150126T0300Z-150127T1200Z/ COASTAL BAY- 248 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. * PEAK SURF...5 TO 7 FEET WITH 6 TO 8 FOOT SETS. * TIMING...THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION IS POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING RIP CURRENTS AND LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. && $$ FLZ108-260300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-150126T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 248 PM CST SUN JAN 25 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...WALTON AND GULF COUNTIES. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * BEACH FLAGS...RED. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ MCDERMOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2:42 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 60 hr | |
| Jan 25, 2:48 PM CST | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 36 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.