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Rip Current Statement 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2016, 4:17 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2016, 4:17 AM CDT (09:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 09:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
483 WHUS42 KTAE 110917 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 517 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WHICH WILL DRIVE SURF HEIGHTS TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-111730- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0075.160811T0917Z-160812T0200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 517 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 /417 AM CDT THU AUG 11 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...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 && $$
1 follow-up statement
174 WHUS42 KTAE 111501 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1101 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 ...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY WHICH WILL DRIVE SURF HEIGHTS TO AROUND 3 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES. FLZ108-112-114-120200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0075.000000T0000Z-160812T0200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1101 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 /1001 AM CDT THU AUG 11 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WATERS ARE CLOSED TO SWIMMERS. SEVERAL RESCUES HAVE BEEN NECESSARY THIS WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE...WHICH OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR AND IN THE VICINITY OF STRUCTURES SUCH AS GROINS... JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS AND SIGNS. SWIM NEAR A LIFEGUARD. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT REMAIN CALM. DON'T FIGHT THE CURRENT. SWIM IN A DIRECTION FOLLOWING THE SHORELINE. IF UNABLE TO ESCAPE... FACE THE SHORE AND CALL OR WAVE FOR HELP. IF TIRED... FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL OUT OF THE RIP CURRENT && $$ WOOL
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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.