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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 9, 2016, 2:46 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 9, 2016, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2016, 4:00 AM CST
- In force
- 49 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 08:43 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
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
884 WHUS42 KTAE 090846 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 346 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2016 ...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-100900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.160109T0846Z-160110T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 346 AM EST SAT JAN 9 2016 /246 AM CST SAT JAN 9 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS IN EFFECT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES...AROUND 2 FEET ELSEWHERE. * TIMING...THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 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. 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. && $$ HARRIGAN
1 follow-up statement
280 WHUS42 KTAE 100807 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 307 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES... FLZ115-100915- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160110T0900Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 307 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. $$ FLZ108-112-114-110900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0004.000000T0000Z-160111T1000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 307 AM EST SUN JAN 10 2016 /207 AM CST SUN JAN 10 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXTENDED THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES...AROUND 2 FEET ELSEWHERE. 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. 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. && $$ HARRIGAN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 11:02 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jan 9, 11:48 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jan 9, 11:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Jan 9, 12:50 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Jan 9, 1:43 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Jan 9, 2:48 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 37 hr |
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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.