Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 48, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 6, 2019, 6:25 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 2019, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 23:29 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, 11.4 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
- 392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1014 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted.
561 WHUS42 KTAE 062325 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 725 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK INTO THIS WEEKEND FOR GULF BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-071000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0048.190606T2325Z-190609T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 725 PM EDT Thu Jun 6 2019 /625 PM CDT Thu Jun 6 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late Saturday night. * TIMING...Thursday evening into this weekend. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are expected. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
386 WHUS42 KTAE 071423 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1023 AM EDT Fri Jun 7 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK INTO THIS WEEKEND FOR GULF, WALTON, FRANKLIN AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-072230- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-190609T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1023 AM EDT Fri Jun 7 2019 /923 AM CDT Fri Jun 7 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...Thursday evening into this weekend. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are expected. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
054 WHUS42 KTAE 080815 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 415 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THIS WEEKEND FOR GULF, WALTON, FRANKLIN AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-082100- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-190610T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 415 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2019 /315 AM CDT Sat Jun 8 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...Through this weekend. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are expected. 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. && $$
269 WHUS42 KTAE 090943 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 543 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AT ALL AREA BEACHES... FLZ108-112-114-115-100600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0048.000000T0000Z-190610T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 543 AM EDT Sun Jun 9 2019 /443 AM CDT Sun Jun 9 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING... * TIMING...Through early Monday. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are expected along with surf heights of 3 to 5 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 9:56 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 6, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 111 min | |
| Jun 6, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 115 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 32 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 66 min | |
| Jun 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 49 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.