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Rip Current Statement 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 20, 2017, 3:04 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2017, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2136 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
867 WHUS42 KTAE 200804 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 404 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 EDT /10 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-210300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0059.170520T0804Z-170521T0300Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 404 AM EDT SAT MAY 20 2017 /304 AM CDT SAT MAY 20 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 EDT /10 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 19, 9:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| May 19, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| May 20, 12:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| May 20, 12:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 42 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.