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Rip Current Statement 100, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 28, 2016, 2:47 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Nov 28, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 28, 2016, 2:47 AM CST (08:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 28, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 30, 2016, 2:00 AM CST
- In force
- 44 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 08:47 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
406 WHUS42 KTAE 280847 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 347 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACHES FROM WALTON COUNTY THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE SURF HEIGHTS TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON...INCREASING THE THREAT FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS AS WELL. FLZ108-112-114-115-290800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0100.161128T1200Z-161129T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 347 AM EST MON NOV 28 2016 /247 AM CST MON NOV 28 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM WALTON COUNTY THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY. * SURF HEIGHT...1 TO 2 FEET THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 3 TO 5 FEET LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
063 WHUS42 KTAE 290850 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 350 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACHES FROM WALTON COUNTY THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY... .STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AND SURF HEIGHTS 3 TO 5 FEET WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-300800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0100.000000T0000Z-161130T0800Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 350 AM EST TUE NOV 29 2016 /250 AM CST TUE NOV 29 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * LOCATION...BEACHES FROM WALTON COUNTY THROUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY. * SURF HEIGHT...3 TO 5 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 27, 7:12 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 47 hr |
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.