Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2018
Rip Current Statement 85, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 2, 2018, 3:19 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2018, 3:19 AM CDT (08:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 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 08:22 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, 8.3 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
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
110 WHUS42 KTAE 020819 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 419 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-030400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0085.180802T0819Z-180803T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 419 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 /319 AM CDT Thu Aug 2 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * SURF HEIGHT...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
473 WHUS42 KTAE 021407 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1007 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT... FLZ114-115-030900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-180803T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1007 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 /907 AM CDT Thu Aug 2 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. * SURF HEIGHT...3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ FLZ108-112-030900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-180803T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1007 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 /907 AM CDT Thu Aug 2 2018/ ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHT...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. && $$
642 WHUS42 KTAE 030737 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 337 AM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS THROUGH TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-115-040900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0085.000000T0000Z-180804T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 337 AM EDT Fri Aug 3 2018 /237 AM CDT Fri Aug 3 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF HEIGHT...2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Aug 1, 11:48 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 42 min | |
| Aug 2, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Aug 2, 12:23 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 67 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 36 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 3:28 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 4:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay, Washington | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 5:10 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 65 min | |
| Aug 2, 8:45 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Aug 2, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 10:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 31 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:17 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 74 min | |
| Aug 2, 10:41 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Aug 2, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 11:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 11:40 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 95 min | |
| Aug 2, 11:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 12:39 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | TAE | Wakulla | 7 days |
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.