Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2015
Rip Current Statement 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 8, 2015, 2:47 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 8, 2015, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2015, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 45 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 08:48 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, 8.8 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
- 456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 871 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
046 WHUS42 KTAE 080847 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 347 AM EST SUN NOV 8 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG MUCH OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COASTLINE TODAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL INCREASE WINDS AND SURF ALONG THE COASTLINE RESULTING IN AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS. SURF HEIGHTS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED ON MONDAY AS WILL THE RIP CURRENT RISK. FLZ108-112-115-090900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0098.151108T0847Z-151109T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 347 AM EST SUN NOV 8 2015 /247 AM CST SUN NOV 8 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...BUILDING TO 2 TO 3 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS NEAR DESTIN. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
972 WHUS42 KTAE 090843 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 343 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... .LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL INCREASE WINDS AND SURF ALONG THE COASTLINE RESULTING IN AN INCREASED RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TODAY. FLZ114-100600- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-151110T0600Z/ COASTAL GULF- 343 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF HEIGHTS...2 TO 3 FEET. * LOCATIONS...GULF COUNTY BEACHES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ108-112-115-100600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0098.000000T0000Z-151110T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 343 AM EST MON NOV 9 2015 /243 AM CST MON NOV 9 2015/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHTS...BUILDING TO 2 TO 4 FEET...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER SETS NEAR DESTIN. * LOCATIONS...BEACHES OF WALTON...BAY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 12:06 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 24 min | |
| Nov 8, 12:34 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Nov 8, 1:32 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Nov 8, 2:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Nov 8, 4:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Nov 8, 5:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Nov 8, 6:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Nov 8, 7:53 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 82 min | |
| Nov 8, 8:50 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 8, 9:10 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Nov 8, 10:07 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 23 min |
| Nov 8, 10:47 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Franklin | 118 min |
| Nov 8, 11:13 AM CST | Flood Watch | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 22 hr |
| Nov 8, 12:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Nov 8, 1:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Nov 8, 1:06 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 5 days |
| Nov 8, 2:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Nov 8, 4:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min |
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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.