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Rip Current Statement 69, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 5, 2016, 10:22 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
- Aug 5, 2016, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 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 15:24 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, 3.4 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
- 1150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
686 WHUS42 KTAE 051522 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1122 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... WAVE HEIGHTS ARE A BIT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AS A RESULT HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED IN BAY AND GULF COUNTIES TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN AND AROUND AREA BEACHES IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FLZ112-114-060400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0069.160805T1522Z-160806T0400Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1122 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 /1022 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 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. * WAVE HEIGHT...3 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
679 WHUS42 KTAE 051622 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1222 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... WAVE HEIGHTS ARE A BIT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED THIS MORNING...AS A RESULT HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED IN WALTON...BAY AND GULF COUNTIES TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN AND AROUND AREA BEACHES IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. FLZ108-060400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0069.000000T0000Z-160806T0400Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1122 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WAVE HEIGHT...3 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. && $$ FLZ112-114-060400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0069.000000T0000Z-160806T0400Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1222 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2016 /1122 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * WAVE HEIGHT...3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 52 min |
| Aug 5, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 119 min |
| Aug 5, 7:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Aug 5, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Aug 5, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 36 min |
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.