Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2016
Rip Current Statement 99, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 20, 2016, 9:15 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 20, 2016, 9:15 AM CST (15:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2016, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2728 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
223 WHUS42 KTAE 201515 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1015 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES INCLUDING SAINT JOSEPH ISLAND... FLZ114-202300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0099.161120T1515Z-161120T2300Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1015 AM EST SUN NOV 20 2016 /915 AM CST SUN NOV 20 2016/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND RIP CURRENTS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 1:59 AM CST | Fire Weather Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Nov 20, 1:59 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 15 hr |
| Nov 20, 1:30 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 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.