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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 9, 2016, 11:04 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2016, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 830 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1199 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
540 WHUS42 KTAE 091604 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1204 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES... SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH AND SURF UP TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNDAY. EXPECT HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES AND MODERATE RISK ELSEWHERE. FLZ114-100400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.160709T1604Z-160710T0400Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1204 PM EDT SAT JUL 9 2016 /1104 AM CDT SAT JUL 9 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WAVE 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jackson | 47 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.