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Rip Current Statement 74, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2017, 9:51 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2017, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 24, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 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 14:52 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, 2.9 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
- 986 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
380 WHUS42 KTAE 241451 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1051 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ112-114-250900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0074.170724T1500Z-170725T0900Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1051 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 /951 AM CDT MON JUL 24 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. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND FREQUENT 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
373 WHUS42 KTAE 241458 AAA CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1058 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ108-250900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0074.170724T1500Z-170725T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON- 958 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ FLZ112-114-250900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0074.170724T1500Z-170725T0900Z/ COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1058 AM EDT MON JUL 24 2017 /958 AM CDT MON JUL 24 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * IMPACTS...STRONG AND FREQUENT 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. && $$
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.