Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 26, 2015, 2:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2015, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 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 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
- 1402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
496 WHUS42 KTAE 260738 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 338 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND SATURDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ST GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES... .RATHER STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND BUILDING WAVES WILL HELP CREATE STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THAN NORMAL. FLZ108-112-114-115-280600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0041.150626T0738Z-150628T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 338 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...TODAY AND SATURDAY. * 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. && $$ FOURNIER
4 follow-up statements
236 WHUS42 KTAE 270725 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 325 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH SUNDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ST GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES... .PERSISTENT...RATHER STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP MAINTAIN STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THAN NORMAL. FLZ108-112-114-115-290000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-150629T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 325 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FOURNIER
970 WHUS42 KTAE 280753 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 353 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ST GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES... .PERSISTENT...RATHER STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP MAINTAIN STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THAN NORMAL. FLZ108-112-114-115-300000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-150630T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 353 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * 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. && $$ FOURNIER
214 WHUS42 KTAE 281336 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 936 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES THROUGH MONDAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ST GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES... .PERSISTENT...STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP MAINTAIN STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THAN NORMAL. FLZ108-112-114-115-282145- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-150630T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 936 AM EDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
806 WHUS42 KTAE 291555 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1155 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES TODAY FOR BAY...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES... .PERSISTENT...WEST TO SOUTHWEST ARE HAVE WEAKENED SOMEWHAT WITH A CORRESPONDING REDUCTION IN SURF. WE WILL MAINTAIN THE HIGH RISK FOR A BIT LONGER BUT NOTE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WALTON COUNTY BEACHES.. FLZ108-291700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-150630T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1155 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. FLAGS ARE NOW YELLOW INDICATING THE RIP CURRENT RISK IS NOT QUITE AS HIGH AS RECENT DAYS. $$ FLZ112-114-115-300000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0041.000000T0000Z-150630T0000Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1155 AM EDT MON JUN 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH MONDAY. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ 18-WOOL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 6:32 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Jun 26, 9:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 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.