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Rip Current Statement 112, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 12, 2017, 1:33 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 12, 2017, 1:33 AM CST (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 13, 2017, 3:00 AM CST
- 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 07:31 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
691 WHUS42 KTAE 120733 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 233 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR GULF COUNTY... .ALONG SHORE WIND OF 15 TO 20 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS OF 4 FEET WILL ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR GULF COUNTY. FLZ114-130500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0112.171212T0733Z-171213T0500Z/ COASTAL GULF- 233 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 /133 AM CST TUE DEC 12 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR GULF COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR GULF COUNTY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF...4 FEET. * IMPACTS...STRONG, DEADLY RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
791 WHUS42 KTAE 121403 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 903 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FOR PANHANDLE BEACHES... .A STRONG LONGSHORE CURRENT AND SURF HEIGHTS UP TO 4 FEET WILL ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ108-112-130900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0112.000000T0000Z-171213T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 903 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 /803 AM CST TUE DEC 12 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * SURF...2 TO 4 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ FLZ114-130900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0112.000000T0000Z-171213T0900Z/ COASTAL GULF- 903 AM EST TUE DEC 12 2017 /803 AM CST TUE DEC 12 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW 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. && $$
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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.