Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 39, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2016, 3:38 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2016, 3:38 AM CDT (08:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 08:37 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, 8.6 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
- 2194 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
942 WHUS42 KTAE 310838 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 438 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY... .ONSHORE WINDS AND 2 TO 3 FOOT SURF WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-011200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0039.160331T0838Z-160401T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 438 AM EDT THU MAR 31 2016 /338 AM CDT THU MAR 31 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. 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. && $$ CAMP
2 follow-up statements
111 WHUS42 KTAE 010752 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 352 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY... .ONSHORE WINDS AND 2 TO 4 FOOT SURF WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT BEFORE GRADUALLY IMPROVING ON SATURDAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-021200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-160402T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 352 AM EDT FRI APR 1 2016 /252 AM CDT FRI APR 1 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ CAMP
341 WHUS42 KTAE 020813 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 413 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY... .WHILE WINDS WILL BECOME OFFSHORE DURING THE DAY TODAY...RESIDUAL SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE 3 TO 5 FOOT SURF ALONG AREA BEACHES. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON SUNDAY AS WINDS AND SEAS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. FLZ108-112-114-115-031200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0039.000000T0000Z-160403T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 413 AM EDT SAT APR 2 2016 /313 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * TIMING...THROUGH TONIGHT. * SURF...3 TO 5 FEET. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 39 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 46 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2016Every rip current statement in 2016
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.