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Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 24, 2019, 2:23 AM CST for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2019, 2:23 AM CST (08:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2019, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
559 WHUS42 KTAE 240823 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 323 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-250000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0015.190224T0823Z-190225T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 323 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 /223 AM CST Sun Feb 24 2019/ ...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. * TIMING...until sunset. * SURF...3 to 4 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
852 WHUS42 KTAE 241501 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1001 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-242315- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190226T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1001 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 /901 AM CST Sun Feb 24 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * SURF...3 to 4 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
307 WHUS42 KTAE 250724 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 224 AM EST Mon Feb 25 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-251700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-190226T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 224 AM EST Mon Feb 25 2019 /124 AM CST Mon Feb 25 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:11 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 47 hr | |
| Feb 24, 7:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon | 59 min |
| Feb 24, 7:19 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Leon | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 8:16 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon | 59 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.