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Rip Current Statement 71, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 7, 2016, 10:05 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 7, 2016, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 485 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 816 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
661 WHUS42 KTAE 071505 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1105 AM EDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-080000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0071.160807T1505Z-160808T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1005 AM CDT SUN AUG 7 2016 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING 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. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE, FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED, FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Walton | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 33 min | |
| Aug 6, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Aug 6, 9:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Aug 6, 10:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Aug 7, 7:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Aug 7, 9:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Aug 7, 10:25 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Aug 7, 11:59 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 7, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 53 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 4:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 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.