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Rip Current Statement 12, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 23, 2016, 2:17 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 23, 2016, 2:17 AM CST (08:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 23, 2016, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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 08:18 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, 8.3 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
- 855 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
584 WHUS42 KTAE 230817 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 317 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...HIGH SURF THIS MORNING ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY WITH RIP CURRENTS LIKELY... FLZ108-112-114-240000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0012.160123T0817Z-160124T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 317 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 /217 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING: HIGHEST SURF EARLY IN THE MORNING...RIP CURRENTS MOST LIKELY IN THE MORNING. * SURF: 4 TO 6 FEET EARLY IN THE MORNING SUBSIDING THROUGH THE DAY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
100 WHUS42 KTAE 231445 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 945 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...HIGH SURF THIS MORNING ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WILL SLOWLY SUBSIDE DURING THE DAY WITH RIP CURRENTS LIKELY... FLZ115-240000- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 945 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. * TIMING: HIGHEST SURF EARLY IN THE MORNING...RIP CURRENTS MOST LIKELY IN THE MORNING. * SURF: 4 TO 6 FEET EARLY IN THE MORNING SUBSIDING THROUGH THE DAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-240000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0012.000000T0000Z-160124T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 945 AM EST SAT JAN 23 2016 /845 AM CST SAT JAN 23 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING: HIGHEST SURF EARLY IN THE MORNING...RIP CURRENTS MOST LIKELY IN THE MORNING. * SURF: 4 TO 6 FEET EARLY IN THE MORNING SUBSIDING THROUGH THE DAY. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2:14 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:41 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Jan 23, 8:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 6 days |
| Jan 23, 8:39 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 10 days |
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.