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Rip Current Statement 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 25, 2018, 2:54 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2018, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 07:51 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, 7.9 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
779 WHUS42 KTAE 250754 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 354 AM EDT Wed Apr 25 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .Onshore winds and surf heights around 2 feet will keep the rip current risk high across Bay and Gulf county this afternoon. FLZ112-114-260900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0051.180425T0754Z-180426T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 354 AM EDT Wed Apr 25 2018 /254 AM CDT Wed Apr 25 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...Around 2 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
859 WHUS42 KTAE 260735 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 335 AM EDT Thu Apr 26 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... .Gusty onshore flow and surf heights increasing to 2 to 3 feet will result in a high risk of deadly rip currents today. FLZ108-115-270900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-180427T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 335 AM EDT Thu Apr 26 2018 /235 AM CDT Thu Apr 26 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. * SURF HEIGHT...Building to 2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ FLZ112-114-270900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-180427T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 335 AM EDT Thu Apr 26 2018 /235 AM CDT Thu Apr 26 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHT...Building to 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. && $$
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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.