Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 1, 2017, 10:32 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 1, 2017, 10:32 AM CST (16:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2017, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 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 16:35 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, 4.5 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 458 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
712 WHUS42 KTAE 011632 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1132 AM EST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON COUNTY BEACHES... BREEZY ON-SHORE CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WINDS RANGING FROM 10 TO 15 MPH. SURF HEIGHTS WILL MAINLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 FEET...WITH 4 FOOT SURF POSSIBLE ALONG WALTON COUNTY BEACHES. SHOWER AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM CHANCES EXPECTED TO INCREASE FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY. FLZ108-020500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.170101T1632Z-170102T0500Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1032 AM CST SUN JAN 1 2017 ...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...UNTIL MIDNIGHT * SURF HEIGHTS...4 FEET. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 4:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 63 min |
| Jan 1, 5:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 46 min |
| Jan 1, 8:12 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 2 hr |
| Jan 1, 9:09 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton | 3 days |
| Jan 1, 9:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 10 days |
| Jan 1, 9:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Walton, Washington | 13 days |
| Jan 1, 10:14 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 2 hr |
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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.