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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 6, 2017, 9:50 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2017, 9:50 AM CDT (14:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Bay County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 404 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1127 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
226 WHUS42 KTAE 061450 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT BAY COUNTY BEACHES... EXPECT SOUTHERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS OF 1 TO 2 FEET. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FLZ112-070200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.170806T1450Z-170807T0200Z/ COASTAL BAY- 1050 AM EDT SUN AUG 6 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * SURF HEIGHTS...1 TO 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 52 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.