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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 2, 20174 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2017, 2:55 AM CST (08:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 4, 2017, 4:00 AM CST
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 136 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2017-01-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
136 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

227 
WHUS42 KTAE 020855
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
355 AM EST MON JAN 2 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF THE EASTERN FLORIDA
PANHANDLE...INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY...


FLZ108-112-114-115-031000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0002.170102T0855Z-170103T1000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
355 AM EST MON JAN 2 2017 /255 AM CST MON JAN 2 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. 

* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

* SURF...2 TO 4 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS UP TO 5 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.

&&

$$

FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
367 
WHUS42 KTAE 030739
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
239 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY FOR THE BEACHES OF THE EASTERN
FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY...

FLZ108-112-114-115-041000-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0002.000000T0000Z-170104T1000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
239 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2017 /139 AM CST TUE JAN 3 2017/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

* SURF...3 TO 5 FEET WITH OCCASIONAL SETS UP TO 6 FEET. SURF
  DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

FOURNIER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 10:34 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Walton3 hr
Jan 2, 12:40 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington25 hr
Jan 2, 1:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE45 min
Jan 2, 2:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE35 min
Jan 2, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE57 min
Jan 2, 4:43 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Walton6 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017

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.