Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2017
Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 10:34 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 3 hr |
| Jan 2, 12:40 AM CST | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 25 hr |
| Jan 2, 1:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 45 min | |
| Jan 2, 2:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 35 min | |
| Jan 2, 4:03 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 57 min | |
| Jan 2, 4:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 6 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.