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Rip Current Statement 110, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 9, 2017, 2:10 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 9, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 9, 2017, 2:10 AM CST (08:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 9, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2017, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 16 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 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 475 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
023 WHUS42 KTAE 090810 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 310 AM EST SAT DEC 9 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR GULF COUNTY... .STRONG OFFSHORE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. IN GULF COUNTY STRONG WINDS WILL BE PARALLEL TO THE COAST...THEREFORE HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS IS LIKELY THERE. FLZ114-100400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0110.171209T1200Z-171210T0400Z/ COASTAL GULF- 310 AM EST SAT DEC 9 2017 /210 AM CST SAT DEC 9 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 3:54 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Dec 9, 1:16 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 23 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.