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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2015, 5:23 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2015, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2015, 5:23 AM CST (11:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2015, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2015, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 17 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 11:24 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, 11.4 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
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 99 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950 WHUS42 KTAE 181123 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 623 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED TODAY FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES. A MODERATE RISK IS EXPECTED TODAY FOR WALTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY INCREASES THE RISK FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTIES WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET POSSIBLE. TOMORROW MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AS WINDS WEAKEN. FLZ112-114-190500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0009.150218T1200Z-150219T0500Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 623 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /523 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET SURF POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ MCDERMOTT
1 follow-up statement
795 WHUS42 KTAE 181528 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1028 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR WALTON...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TODAY INCREASES THE RISK FOR WALOTN GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WITH SURF HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 5 FEET POSSIBLE. TOMORROW MODERATE RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS EXPECTED AS WINDS WEAKEN. FLZ112-181630- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150219T0500Z/ COASTAL BAY- 928 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE RIP CURRENT RISK. $$ FLZ108-115-190500- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150219T0500Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1028 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 /928 AM CST WED FEB 18 2015/ ...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * LOCATION...WALTON...GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET SURF POSSIBLE. 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. && $$ FLZ114-190500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-150219T0500Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1028 AM EST WED FEB 18 2015 ...RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * LOCATION...GULF COUNTY BEACHES. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET SURF POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS...JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT... DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE. ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:45 AM CST | Hard Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:45 AM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 8 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:28 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Walton | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:05 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:05 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Walton | 28 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.