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Rip Current Statement 94, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 29, 2015Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2015, 3:04 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Oct 29, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 29, 2015, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 29, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 30, 2015, 2:51 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

663 
WHUS42 KTAE 290804
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
404 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY... 

ALTHOUGH WIND AND SURF HAVE DIMINISHED...LINGERING RIP CHANNELS
AND MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD MAINTAIN HIGH RISK FOR RIP
CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. BE SURE TO HEED THE ADVICE OF
LOCAL BEACH PATROLS.

FLZ108-112-114-300400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0094.151029T0900Z-151031T0400Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
404 AM EDT THU OCT 29 2015 /304 AM CDT THU OCT 29 2015/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. 

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

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

843 
WHUS42 KTAE 300751
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
351 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NO LONGER EXPECTED TODAY...

.ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING RIP CHANNELS FROM THE RECENT HIGH SURF
EVENT ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND
OFFSHORE WITH SURF HEIGHTS GENERALLY BELOW 2 FEET. HOWEVER...BE
SURE TO HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH PATROLS.

FLZ108-112-114-300900-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0094.000000T0000Z-151031T0400Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
351 AM EDT FRI OCT 30 2015 /251 AM CDT FRI OCT 30 2015/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE
HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK. ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING RIP CHANNELS FROM
THE RECENT HIGH SURF EVENT ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT AND OFFSHORE WITH SURF HEIGHTS GENERALLY
BELOW 2 FEET. HOWEVER...BE SURE TO HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH
PATROLS.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 29, 3:43 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Calhoun, Dixie, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more	5 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015 Every 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.