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Rip Current Statement 49, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 10, 2019, 10:11 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2019, 10:11 AM CDT (15:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 983 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
346 WHUS42 KTAE 101511 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1111 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ALONG WALTON BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-111000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0049.190610T1511Z-190611T1300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1111 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2019 /1011 AM CDT Mon Jun 10 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are expected along with surf heights of 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
688 WHUS42 KTAE 110759 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 359 AM EDT Tue Jun 11 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENT ALONG WALTON BAY AND GULF COUNTY BEACHES THROUGH TONIGHT... FLZ108-112-114-120600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0049.000000T0000Z-190612T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 359 AM EDT Tue Jun 11 2019 /259 AM CDT Tue Jun 11 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents are expected along with surf heights of 2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 3:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Dixie | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 29 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.