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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 17, 2018, 10:40 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 2018, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2018, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 492 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 904 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
512 WHUS42 KTAE 171540 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1140 AM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ114-180300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.180717T1540Z-180718T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1140 AM EDT Tue Jul 17 2018 /1040 AM CDT Tue Jul 17 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect until 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ this evening. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 3:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.