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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 21, 2017, 2:28 AM CST for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 21, 2017, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 21, 2017, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 21, 2017, 4:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:27 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 1699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
165 WHUS42 KTAE 210828 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 328 AM EST TUE FEB 21 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... .STRONG WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES, ALONG WITH 3 TO 4 FOOT SURF HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ108-112-220600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.170221T1000Z-170222T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY- 328 AM EST TUE FEB 21 2017 /228 AM CST TUE FEB 21 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...RIP CURRENTS INCREASING THROUGH 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. && $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 1:34 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Feb 21, 2:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr |
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.