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Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 5, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2017, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 14:33 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, 2.5 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
- 562 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 887 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
740 WHUS42 KTAE 051430 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1030 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG BAY COUNTY BEACHES... THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS WINDS AND SURF INCREASE. WHILE MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN INLAND FROM AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON, WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. FLZ112-060400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.170605T1430Z-170606T0400Z/ COASTAL BAY- 1030 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF HEIGHT...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
165 WHUS42 KTAE 051650 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1250 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... THE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS WILL INCREASE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS WINDS AND SURF INCREASE. WHILE MOST OF THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL REMAIN INLAND FROM AREA BEACHES THIS AFTERNOON, WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE EXPECTED AT THE BEACHES BOTH TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. FLZ108-060400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-170606T0400Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 1150 AM CDT MON JUN 5 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF HEIGHT...2 TO 3 FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ FLZ112-060400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-170606T0400Z/ COASTAL BAY- 1250 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT. * SURF HEIGHT...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. && $$
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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.