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Rip Current Statement 11, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 22, 20164 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 22, 2016, 3:06 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 5:00 AM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 22, 2016, 3:06 AM CST (09:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2016, 5:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 23, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
In force
19 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 09:08 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, 9.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2016-01-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
366 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WHUS42 KTAE 220906
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
406 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE AND BIG
BEND BEACHES...

FLZ108-112-114-115-230600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0011.160122T1100Z-160123T0600Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
406 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 /306 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2016/

...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. 

* TIMING...5 AM EST THIS MORNING UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS.

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. 

&&

$$

BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 7:27 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton48 min
Jan 21, 7:56 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton24 min
Jan 22, 12:39 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 22, 12:57 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington93 min
Jan 22, 1:45 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEHolmes, Walton30 min
Jan 22, 1:48 AM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedTAEHolmes, Walton27 min
Jan 22, 2:31 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington59 min
Jan 22, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay47 min
Jan 22, 2:53 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 22, 3:12 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington48 min
Jan 22, 3:14 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEBay91 min
Jan 22, 3:26 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty64 min
Jan 22, 3:41 AM CSTTornado WarningTAECalhoun49 min
Jan 22, 3:53 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Gulf52 min
Jan 22, 4:17 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more73 min
Jan 22, 4:54 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Jan 22, 5:12 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEFranklin33 min
Jan 22, 5:42 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELeon21 min
Jan 22, 6:23 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 min

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.