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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 16, 2015, 3:47 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2015, 3:47 AM CST (09:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2015, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 38 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 09:44 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, 9.8 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
- 2611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
012 WHUS42 KTAE 160947 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 447 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 ...FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-170900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0008.150216T0947Z-150217T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 447 AM EST MON FEB 16 2015 /347 AM CST MON FEB 16 2015/ ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION: PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES. * SURF: 2 TO 4 FEET WEST OF PANAMA CITY 1 TO 3 FEET ELSEWHERE. * IMPACTS: BUILDING SURF AND GUSTY ONSHORE WINDS WILL CREATE FREQUENT AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HARRIGAN
2 follow-up statements
501 WHUS42 KTAE 170921 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 420 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... FLZ115-171030- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150217T0900Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 420 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ FLZ108-112-114-180000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150218T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 420 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 /320 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2015/ ...A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: PANHANDLE BEACHES. * SURF: 2 TO 4 FEET. * IMPACTS: RESIDUAL SURF WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FREQUENT AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$ HARRIGAN
732 WHUS42 KTAE 171554 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1054 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY... FLZ112-171700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150218T0000Z/ COASTAL BAY- 954 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ FLZ108-114-180000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0008.000000T0000Z-150218T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL GULF- 1054 AM EST TUE FEB 17 2015 /954 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * LOCATION: PANHANDLE BEACHES. * SURF: 2 TO 4 FEET. * IMPACTS: RESIDUAL SURF WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FREQUENT AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS TODAY. 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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT 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 16, 3:36 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 3 days |
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.