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Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 18, 2017, 1:36 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 18, 2017, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2017, 1:36 AM CST (07:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2017, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 18 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 07:37 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 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
- 2124 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
141 WHUS42 KTAE 180736 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 236 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY... .INCREASING SOUTH WINDS AND SURF HEIGHTS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN THE STRENGTH AND NUMBER OF RIP CURRENTS. FLZ108-112-114-115-190600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.170218T1200Z-170219T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 236 AM EST SAT FEB 18 2017 /136 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... 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 LATE TONIGHT. * TIMING...RIP CURRENTS INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. * IMPACTS...FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS CAUSING HAZARDOUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 6:02 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min |
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.