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Rip Current Statement 104, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 29, 2017, 2:34 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2017, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 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 07:37 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, 7.6 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
998 WHUS42 KTAE 290734 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 334 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ACROSS BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE THE LONGSHORE CURRENT ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES, THEREBY INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT THREAT. ELEVATED SURF WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES WHERE STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW PREVAILS. FLZ112-114-300900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0104.171029T0734Z-171030T0900Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 334 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 /234 AM CDT SUN OCT 29 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF...2 TO 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
666 WHUS42 KTAE 291502 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1102 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES... .STRONG NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL INCREASE THE LONGSHORE CURRENT ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES, THEREBY INCREASING THE RIP CURRENT THREAT. ELEVATED SURF WILL ALSO INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT THREAT ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES WHERE STRONGER ONSHORE FLOW PREVAILS. FLZ108-300900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-171030T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1002 AM CDT SUN OCT 29 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ FLZ112-114-300900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-171030T0900Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1102 AM EDT SUN OCT 29 2017 /1002 AM CDT SUN OCT 29 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...2 TO 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 1:40 PM CDT | Frost Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 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.