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Rip Current Statement 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 13, 2017, 9:22 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 13, 2017, 9:22 AM CST (15:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
593 WHUS42 KTAE 131522 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1022 AM EST Wed Dec 13 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .As winds and surf gradually subside behind yesterday's front, the threat for rip currents will as well. However, there remains a high risk of life threatening rip currents through this afternoon. FLZ112-114-140900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0113.171213T1522Z-171214T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1022 AM EST Wed Dec 13 2017 /922 AM CST Wed Dec 13 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...Around 2 feet or less. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
2 follow-up statements
162 WHUS42 KTAE 140701 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 201 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .There remains a high risk of life threatening rip currents through this evening as onshore winds around 10 mph and surf heights up to 2 feet are expected along all panhandle beaches. FLZ112-114-150600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-171215T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 201 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 /101 AM CST Thu Dec 14 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...Around 2 feet or less. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
268 WHUS42 KTAE 141458 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 958 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ112-141600- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-171215T0600Z/ Coastal Bay- 958 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$ FLZ114-150600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-171215T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 958 AM EST Thu Dec 14 2017 /858 AM CST Thu Dec 14 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...Around 2 feet or less. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
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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.