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Rip Current Statement 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 30, 2016, 8:26 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 2016, 8:26 AM CDT (13:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
005 WHUS42 KTAE 301326 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 926 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 ...HIGH RISK OR RIP CURRENTS AT WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-310000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0081.160830T1326Z-160831T0000Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 926 AM EDT TUE AUG 30 2016 /826 AM CDT TUE AUG 30 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /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. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Aug 29, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 44 min | |
| Aug 30, 9:47 AM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:22 PM CDT | Hurricane Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 6 more | 61 hr |
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.