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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 28, 2018, 2:34 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 70 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2018, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 70 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 07:33 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, 7.6 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1244 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
599 WHUS42 KTAE 280734 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 334 AM EDT Wed Mar 28 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-290400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0043.180328T0734Z-180329T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 334 AM EDT Wed Mar 28 2018 /234 AM CDT Wed Mar 28 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. * Surf...2 to 4 feet. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
288 WHUS42 KTAE 290021 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 821 PM EDT Wed Mar 28 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-300800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-180330T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 821 PM EDT Wed Mar 28 2018 /721 PM CDT Wed Mar 28 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * Surf...3 to 5 feet. * Impacts...Frequent and life threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. Minor beach erosion is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ DVD
193 WHUS42 KTAE 291053 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 653 AM EDT Thu Mar 29 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-300800- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-180330T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 653 AM EDT Thu Mar 29 2018 /553 AM CDT Thu Mar 29 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * Surf...3 to 5 feet. * Impacts...Frequent and life threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. Minor beach erosion is possible. 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. && $$
344 WHUS42 KTAE 300706 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 306 AM EDT Fri Mar 30 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-310600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-180331T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 306 AM EDT Fri Mar 30 2018 /206 AM CDT Fri Mar 30 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * Surf...3 to 5 feet. * Impacts...Frequent and life threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. Minor beach erosion is possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
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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.