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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 1, 2015, 1:59 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2015, 1:59 AM CST (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 40 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 07:57 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, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
498 WHUS42 KTAE 010759 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 259 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF IT...STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL BUILD SURF HEIGHTS AND ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FOR MONDAY WITH CONTINUED ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-021200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.150201T0759Z-150203T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 259 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 /159 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * LOCATION...PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY...PEAK RISK THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * PEAK SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS 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. && $$ DVD
3 follow-up statements
205 WHUS42 KTAE 011457 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 957 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES THROUGH MONDAY... .A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF IT... STRONG ONSHORE WINDS WILL BUILD SURF HEIGHTS AND ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST FOR MONDAY WITH CONTINUED ELEVATED SURF HEIGHTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-021100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 957 AM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 /857 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * LOCATION...PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH MONDAY...PEAK RISK THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * PEAK SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. * BEACH FLAGS...RED FLAGS AT WALTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
787 WHUS42 KTAE 020837 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 337 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. SURF HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED...GENERALLY IN THE RANGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLZ108-112-114-115-030000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 337 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 /237 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * PEAK SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS 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. && $$ DVD
665 WHUS42 KTAE 021501 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1001 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES THROUGH THIS EVENING... .AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THIS MORNING... EXPECT GUSTY WINDS FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST TODAY. SURF HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED...GENERALLY IN THE RANGE OF 3 TO 5 FEET. THIS IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING. FLZ108-112-114-115-030000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0007.000000T0000Z-150203T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1001 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 /901 AM CST MON FEB 2 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * PEAK SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS RIP CURRENTS WILL BE LIFE THREATENING TO SWIMMERS. * BEACH FLAGS...RED FLAGS ARE BEING FLOWN AT WALTON...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. PLEASE HEAD THE LOCAL BEACH FLAG SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 1:50 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 52 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.