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Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 7, 2018, 12:08 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2018, 12:08 AM CDT (05:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
133 WHUS42 KTAE 070508 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 108 AM EDT Sat Apr 7 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-080700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0044.180407T0508Z-180408T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 108 AM EDT Sat Apr 7 2018 /1208 AM CDT Sat Apr 7 2018/ ...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. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf county beaches. * SURF...2 to 4 feet. * IMPACTS...Frequent and life threatening rip currents are expected. The surf is dangerous for all levels of swimmers. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 6:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 31 min |
| Apr 7, 8:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 7, 10:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla | 10 min |
| Apr 7, 10:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| Apr 7, 11:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 38 min |
| Apr 7, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 41 min | |
| Apr 7, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Apr 7, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 43 min |
| Apr 7, 12:55 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 7, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 93 min |
| Apr 7, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette, Taylor | 55 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.