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Rip Current Statement 75, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 29, 2017, 2:51 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2017, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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 07:51 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, 7.9 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
- 1239 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
595 WHUS42 KTAE 290751 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 351 AM EDT SAT JUL 29 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY... FLZ108-112-114-115-301200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0075.170729T0751Z-170731T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 351 AM EDT SAT JUL 29 2017 /251 AM CDT SAT JUL 29 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. 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. && $$ FOURNIER
2 follow-up statements
495 WHUS42 KTAE 300756 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 356 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...INCLUDING FRANKLIN COUNTY... FLZ108-112-114-115-311200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0075.000000T0000Z-170731T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 356 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 /256 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$ FOURNIER
548 WHUS42 KTAE 301440 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF GULF COUNTY... FLZ108-112-115-301545- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0075.000000T0000Z-170731T1200Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN- 1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 /940 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS CANCELLED THE HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR WALTON...BAY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES. && $$ FLZ114-302200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0075.000000T0000Z-170730T2200Z/ COASTAL GULF- 1040 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2017 /940 AM CDT SUN JUL 30 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 50 min |
| Jul 29, 12:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison, Taylor | 50 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.