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Rip Current Statement 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 28, 2015, 2:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 28, 2015, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
- 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 07:43 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, 7.7 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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.
745 WHUS42 KTAE 280742 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 342 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO TODAY AND ASHORE INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE TUESDAY MORNING. THIS WILL PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET AND A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.. FLZ108-112-114-115-291200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0083.150928T0742Z-150929T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 342 AM EDT MON SEP 28 2015 /242 AM CDT MON SEP 28 2015/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SURF HEIGHTS...3 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
438 WHUS42 KTAE 290823 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 423 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INLAND FROM THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST TODAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 4 FEET AND MAINTAIN A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS.. FLZ108-112-114-115-300000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-150930T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 423 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2015 /323 AM CDT TUE SEP 29 2015/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF HEIGHTS...3 TO 4 FEET. * TIMING...TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Sep 28, 3:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 min | |
| Sep 28, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Sep 28, 2:03 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 87 min | |
| Sep 28, 2:39 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 14 hr | |
| Sep 28, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Sep 28, 5:05 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 85 min | |
| Sep 28, 5:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 3 hr |
| Sep 28, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Sep 28, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 95 min |
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.