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Rip Current Statement 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 10, 2016, 2:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Aug 10, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2016, 2:31 AM CDT (07:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 10, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 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 07:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 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
- 242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
598 WHUS42 KTAE 100731 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 331 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... .STRONG ONSHORE FLOW CONTINUES TODAY WITH SURF HEIGHTS PEAKING AROUND 4 TO 5 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES AND AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET ALONG GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-115-110400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0074.160810T1200Z-160811T0400Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 331 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016 /231 AM CDT WED AUG 10 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH 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 && $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:10 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 24 hr | |
| Aug 9, 7:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 11:06 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 3 hr |
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.