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Rip Current Statement 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 16, 2016, 10:10 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2016, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1854 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 681 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
015 WHUS42 KTAE 161510 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1110 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES... MODERATE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN THEY VEER TO BECOME NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SURF HEIGHTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY AND FRIDAY. FLZ108-112-114-170400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0059.160616T1510Z-160617T0400Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1110 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 /1010 AM CDT THU JUN 16 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 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 55 min | |
| Jun 16, 11:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 1:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 1:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Liberty | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 39 min |
| Jun 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 7 min |
| Jun 16, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 38 min |
| Jun 16, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 50 min | |
| Jun 16, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 14 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 30 min |
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.