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Rip Current Statement 77, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 2, 2018, 3:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 2018, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2018, 11:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 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 08:33 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, 8.5 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 848 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
100 WHUS42 KTAE 020831 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 431 AM EDT Mon Jul 2 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... .Increasing onshore flow is expected to increase the risk for deadly rip currents today. FLZ108-112-114-115-030900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0077.180702T0831Z-180703T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 431 AM EDT Mon Jul 2 2018 /331 AM CDT Mon Jul 2 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...1 to 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
371 WHUS42 KTAE 030823 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 423 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... .Elevated winds blowing along the coast of Panhandle beaches are expected to create a strong longshore current which will increase the threat for rip currents today. FLZ114-115-030930- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-180703T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 423 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 /323 AM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk for Gulf and Franklin county beaches. $$ FLZ108-112-040900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-180704T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 423 AM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 /323 AM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHT...Up 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. && $$
205 WHUS42 KTAE 031612 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1212 PM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 FLZ108-112-031715- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0077.000000T0000Z-180704T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1212 PM EDT Tue Jul 3 2018 /1112 AM CDT Tue Jul 3 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. Southeasterly winds are expected to remain around 10 knots or lower today near the Gulf Coast. Some strong rip currents remain possible but these should not be frequent enough to warrant a high risk today. * SURF HEIGHT...1 to 2 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 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.