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Rip Current Statement 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 17, 2016, 4:20 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2016, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2016, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 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
- 1338 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
179 WHUS42 KTAE 170820 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 420 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... EXPECT MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW TODAY. A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY IS LIKELY AT FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES WITH STRONG FLOW PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE. ELSEWHERE MODERATE RISK IS LIKLEY. WINDS WILL BE LOWER TOMORROW AND MODERATE RISK IS EXPECTED. FLZ115-180400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0047.160417T0820Z-160418T0400Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 420 AM EDT SUN APR 17 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...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF HEIGHT...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
590 WHUS42 KTAE 171744 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 144 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG WALTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... EXPECT MODERATE TO STRONG EASTERLY FLOW TODAY. A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY IS LIKELY AT WALTON AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES WITH STRONG FLOW PARALLEL TO THE SHORELINE. ELSEWHERE MODERATE RISK IS LIKLEY. WINDS WILL BE LOWER TOMORROW AND MODERATE RISK IS EXPECTED. FLZ108-180400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-160418T0400Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1244 PM CDT SUN APR 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL 11 PM CDT. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ115-180400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-160418T0400Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 144 PM EDT SUN APR 17 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF HEIGHT...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. && $$
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.