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Rip Current Statement 96, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 2, 2015Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 2, 2015, 2:46 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 2, 2015, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
Expired: Nov 3, 2015, 2:00 AM CST
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 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.8 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: 752 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 4.5

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The text

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

853 
WHUS42 KTAE 020846
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
346 AM EST MON NOV 2 2015

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS CONTINUES ALONG THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES....

FLZ108-112-114-030800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0096.151102T0846Z-151103T0800Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
346 AM EST MON NOV 2 2015 /246 AM CST MON NOV 2 2015/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* SURF HEIGHTS...3 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS.

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. 

&&

$$

18-WOOL

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 1, 6:09 PM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Walton	18 min
Nov 1, 7:37 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Nov 1, 8:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	47 hr
Nov 2, 4:27 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		63 min
Nov 2, 5:11 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Nov 2, 5:20 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		115 min
Nov 2, 7:18 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		117 min
Nov 2, 8:10 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	TAE	Walton	3 hr
Nov 2, 9:20 AM CST	Special Marine Warning	TAE		40 min
Nov 2, 9:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	34 min
Nov 2, 10:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Holmes, Jackson, Washington	47 min
Nov 2, 10:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson, Washington	23 min
Nov 2, 10:57 AM CST	Tornado Warning	TAE	Bay, Jackson, Washington	33 min
Nov 2, 11:22 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jackson	38 min
Nov 2, 1:45 PM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Holmes, Washington	5 days
Nov 2, 3:37 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	38 min

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.