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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 12, 2018, 2:14 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 12, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2018, 2:14 AM CST (08:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2018, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 36 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 08:15 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, 8.2 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
573 WHUS42 KTAE 120814 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 314 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... .Strong southwest flow is expected today ahead of a cold front. Showers are likely and thunderstorms are possible. The strong winds and storms will drive up surf heights to 4 to 5 feet along the Panhandle beaches, 2 to 3 feet in the Big Bend. This will stir up currents and enhance the risk of dangerous rip currents. FLZ108-112-114-115-130900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.180112T1200Z-180113T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 314 AM EST Fri Jan 12 2018 /214 AM CST Fri Jan 12 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning through late tonight. * TIMING...Today and tonight. * SURF HEIGHTS...3 to 5 feet, strongest in the Panhandle. * IMPACTS...Stronger and more frequent rip currents. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
881 WHUS42 KTAE 130858 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 358 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES... .Although winds will be from an offshore direction today, the high surf stirred up by Friday's strong west winds will be slow to subside, continuing the high risk of rip currents. FLZ108-112-114-115-140000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180114T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 358 AM EST Sat Jan 13 2018 /258 AM CST Sat Jan 13 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Today. * SURF HEIGHTS...2 to 4 feet with a few higher sets possible, highest along Gulf County beaches. * IMPACTS...Stronger and more frequent rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. && $$ FOURNIER
115 WHUS42 KTAE 131711 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1211 PM EST Sat Jan 13 2018 ...DOUBLE RED FLAGS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY WITH A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ELSEWHERE ALONG THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND... .Although winds will be from an offshore direction today, the high surf stirred up by Friday's strong west winds will be slow to subside, continuing the high risk of rip currents. FLZ108-112-114-115-140000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0006.000000T0000Z-180114T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1211 PM EST Sat Jan 13 2018 /1111 AM CST Sat Jan 13 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Today. * SURF HEIGHTS...2 to 4 feet with a few higher sets possible, highest along Gulf County beaches. * IMPACTS...Stronger and more frequent rip currents. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 8:16 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:14 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 47 hr |
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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.