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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 13, 2017, 2:16 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2017, 2:16 AM CDT (07:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 842 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
680 WHUS42 KTAE 130716 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 316 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... .ONSHORE WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS BETWEEN 2 TO 3 FEET WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK FOR STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY. FLZ108-112-114-115-140900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.170513T0716Z-170514T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 316 AM EDT SAT MAY 13 2017 /216 AM CDT SAT MAY 13 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. * SURF HEIGHTS...2 TO 3 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla | 39 min |
| May 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| May 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Taylor, Wakulla | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison, Taylor | 48 min |
| May 12, 8:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 39 min |
| May 13, 11:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 48 min |
| May 13, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 13, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 50 min |
| May 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 38 min |
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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.