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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2016, 10:27 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 6, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2016, 10:27 AM CDT (15:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 6, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2016, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 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 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1122 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
041 WHUS42 KTAE 051527 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1127 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .AN APPROACHING TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ONSHORE WINDS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING WITH SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 FEET. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-052330- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.160606T1200Z-160607T0100Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1127 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 /1027 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
678 WHUS42 KTAE 052257 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 657 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .AN APPROACHING TROPICAL SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN ONSHORE WINDS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING WITH SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO 3 TO 6 FEET. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-070100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.160606T1200Z-160607T0100Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 657 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 /557 PM CDT SUN JUN 5 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * TIMING...MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * IMPACTS...HIGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
282 WHUS42 KTAE 060556 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 156 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... .A CLOSE APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL RESULT IN SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 3 AND 6 FEET. THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES. THE HIGHEST SURF HEIGHTS SHOULD BE IN WALTON AND WESTERN BAY COUNTIES...WITH LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION POSSIBLE AS WELL. FLZ108-112-062200- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.160606T1200Z-160607T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0058.160606T1200Z-160607T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 156 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 /1256 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2016/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING TO 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY. * SURF: 5 TO 6 FOOT BREAKERS LIKELY TO DEVELOP TODAY. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS...AND STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. 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. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ FLZ114-062200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0058.160606T1200Z-160607T1200Z/ COASTAL GULF- 156 AM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 /1256 AM CDT MON JUN 6 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * SURF: 3 TO 4 FOOT BREAKERS LIKELY TO DEVELOP TODAY. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * TIMING: TODAY AND TONIGHT. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
014 WHUS42 KTAE 062223 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 623 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .A CLOSE APPROACH OF TROPICAL STORM COLIN WILL RESULT IN SURF HEIGHTS INCREASING TO BETWEEN 4 AND 6 FEET THIS EVENING ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE COAST. THERE WILL ALSO BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION HAS ALREADY OCCURRED IN SOME AREAS AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE. FLZ114-071200- /O.EXA.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160607T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-160607T1200Z/ COASTAL GULF- 623 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 /523 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2016/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY. * SURF: 4 TO 6 FOOT BREAKERS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO THE CONTINUATION OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ FLZ108-112-071200- /O.CON.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160607T1200Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-160607T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 623 PM EDT MON JUN 6 2016 /523 PM CDT MON JUN 6 2016/ ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ TUESDAY... ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * SURF: 4 TO 6 FOOT BREAKERS LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO THE CONTINUATION OF STRONG RIP CURRENTS. * IMPACTS: LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION...HAZARDOUS SURF CONDITIONS... AND STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN THE ADVISORY AREA...PRODUCING LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION AND DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. && $$ 18-WOOL
254 WHUS42 KTAE 070550 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 150 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... .SOME RESIDUAL SOUTHERLY SWELL WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREA BEACHES TODAY...AND ANY LINGERING RIP CHANNELS FROM YESTERDAY MAY REACTIVATE AS WELL. WITH 2 TO 4 FOOT SURF TODAY...THE HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WAS CONTINUED. THE SURF ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS SURF HAS FALLEN BELOW 6 FEET. FLZ108-112-114-080600- /O.CAN.KTAE.SU.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-160607T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-160608T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 150 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016 /1250 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY. * SURF: 2 TO 4 FOOT BREAKERS. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. 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. && $$ FLZ115-080600- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-160608T0600Z/ COASTAL FRANKLIN- 150 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF: 2 TO 4 FOOT BREAKERS. * IMPACTS: STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 4:13 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Jun 5, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Jun 5, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Jun 5, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Jun 5, 10:22 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Jefferson, Lafayette, Taylor, Wakulla | 38 hr |
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.