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Rip Current Statement 106, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2018, 9:48 AM CST for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2018, 9:48 AM CST (15:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2018, 10:00 PM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 620 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 615 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted.
575 WHUS42 KTAE 261548 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1048 AM EST Mon Nov 26 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WALTON AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-270000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0106.181126T1548Z-181127T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1048 AM EST Mon Nov 26 2018 /948 AM CST Mon Nov 26 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * Impacts...The surf and frequent rip currents will be very dangerous and life threatening for swimmers of all levels. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 25, 7:05 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Nov 25, 7:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 31 min |
| Nov 25, 7:58 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 62 min | |
| Nov 25, 8:29 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 61 min |
| Nov 25, 8:32 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 28 min |
| Nov 25, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 22 min |
| Nov 25, 8:56 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Nov 26, 3:58 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Nov 26, 4:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Madison | 33 min |
| Nov 26, 6:03 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 42 min |
| Nov 26, 6:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 25 min |
| Nov 26, 6:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 71 min | |
| Nov 26, 8:56 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 34 min | |
| Nov 26, 9:09 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 36 min |
| Nov 26, 9:43 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 17 min |
| Nov 26, 10:07 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 23 min | |
| Nov 26, 10:24 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Nov 26, 10:30 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 30 min | |
| Nov 26, 10:57 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 48 min |
| Nov 26, 1:55 PM CST | Freeze Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 13 hr |
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.