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Rip Current Statement 4, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2017, 9:02 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2017, 9:02 AM CST (15:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2017, 4:00 PM CST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
664 WHUS42 KTAE 071502 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1002 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES... .NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH VERY ROUGH SURF WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG OTHER FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES AS WELL AS ROUGH SURF. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH COLDER TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. FLZ114-072200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0004.170107T1502Z-170107T2200Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1002 AM EST SAT JAN 7 2017 /902 AM CST SAT JAN 7 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST /4 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...TODAY * IMPACTS...ROUGH SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 7:02 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jan 6, 8:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jan 6, 8:38 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington | 14 hr |
| Jan 6, 9:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 6, 9:17 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 39 hr | |
| Jan 6, 11:05 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Jan 6, 11:28 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Jan 7, 12:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 29 min |
| Jan 7, 1:43 PM CST | Wind Chill Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:59 PM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 18 hr |
| Jan 7, 1:59 PM CST | Hard Freeze Warning | TAE | Walton | 18 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.