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Rip Current Statement 83, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 11, 2017, 9:16 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 2017, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 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 14:17 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, 2.3 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
089 WHUS42 KTAE 111416 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1016 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... .GROUND SWELL PRODUCED BY NOW DISSIPATED HURRICANE FRANKLIN CONTINUES TO SUPPORT 2 TO 3 FOOT SURF AND STRONG RIP CURRENTS. RED FLAGS ARE FLYING FROM CAPE SAN BLAS WEST ALONG THE COAST. FLZ108-112-114-112330- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0083.170811T1416Z-170812T0900Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 1016 AM EDT FRI AUG 11 2017 /916 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 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. * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS 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. && $$ 18-WOOL
1 follow-up statement
953 WHUS42 KTAE 120748 CFWTAE COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 348 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-130600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0083.000000T0000Z-170813T0600Z/ SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF- 348 AM EDT SAT AUG 12 2017 /248 AM CDT SAT AUG 12 2017/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * TIMING...CONTINUING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS. HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 5:50 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 112 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.