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Rip Current Statement 50, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 23, 2018, 3:04 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2018, 3:04 AM CDT (08:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2018, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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 08:04 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, 8.1 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
- 487 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 152 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted.
098 WHUS42 KTAE 230804 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 404 AM EDT Mon Apr 23 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... .Gusty onshore winds will increase surf heights and the threat for deadly rip currents today. FLZ108-112-114-115-240800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0050.180423T0804Z-180424T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 404 AM EDT Mon Apr 23 2018 /304 AM CDT Mon Apr 23 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. * SURF HEIGHT...2 to 3 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
955 WHUS42 KTAE 240712 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 312 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ114-115-240815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0050.000000T0000Z-180424T0800Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 312 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 /212 AM CDT Tue Apr 24 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. $$ FLZ108-112-250700- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0050.000000T0000Z-180425T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 312 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 /212 AM CDT Tue Apr 24 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHT...2 to 3 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. && $$
892 WHUS42 KTAE 241434 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1034 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR PANHANDLE BEACHES.. FLZ114-250700- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0050.000000T0000Z-180425T0700Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1034 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 /934 AM CDT Tue Apr 24 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. * SURF HEIGHT...2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ FLZ108-112-250700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0050.000000T0000Z-180425T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1034 AM EDT Tue Apr 24 2018 /934 AM CDT Tue Apr 24 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHT...2 to 3 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Apr 22, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 68 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.