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Rip Current Statement 67, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2017, 2:35 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2017, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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, 7.6 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
- 191 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
515 WHUS42 KTAE 060735 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 335 AM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... .INCREASING WINDS AND SURF WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS TODAY...AND POSSIBLY TOMORROW. PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO LOCAL BEACH FLAGS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. FLZ108-112-114-115-070900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.170606T0735Z-170607T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 335 AM EDT TUE JUN 6 2017 /235 AM CDT TUE JUN 6 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...2 TO 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 7:11 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Jun 6, 11:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Leon | 116 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.