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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 1, 2018, 10:50 AM EDT for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2018, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 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
- 734 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
470 WHUS42 KTAE 011450 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1050 AM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG FRANKLIN AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-115-020300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.180901T1450Z-180902T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 1050 AM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 /950 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 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. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
460 WHUS42 KTAE 011529 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1129 AM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG FRANKLIN, BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-115-012330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-180902T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 1129 AM EDT Sat Sep 1 2018 /1029 AM CDT Sat Sep 1 2018/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 62 min |
| Aug 31, 9:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 32 min |
| Sep 1, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 9:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 3:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 48 min |
| Sep 1, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 43 min |
| Sep 1, 4:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 84 min | |
| Sep 1, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 46 min |
| Sep 1, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Jefferson, Madison | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Sep 1, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 33 min |
| Sep 1, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 39 min |
| Sep 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 36 min |
| Sep 1, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun | 36 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.