Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2019
Rip Current Statement 51, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 20, 2019, 2:06 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2019, 2:06 AM CDT (07:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 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 07:09 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, 7.1 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
- 1156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
213 WHUS42 KTAE 200706 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 306 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AT LOCAL BEACHES TODAY... .A high risk for rip currents is expected today with surf of 3 to 5 feet. Surf will be lower at Franklin County beaches at 2 to 3 feet but there will be a longshore current. Southwesterly winds will be 12 to 18 mph this afternoon. FLZ108-112-114-115-210600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0051.190620T0706Z-190621T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 306 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 /206 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019/ ...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. * TIMING...Through this evening * SURF...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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
186 WHUS42 KTAE 201409 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1009 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AT LOCAL BEACHES TODAY... .A high risk for rip currents is expected today with surf of 3 to 5 feet. Surf will be lower at Franklin County beaches at 2 to 3 feet but there will be a longshore current. Southwesterly winds will be 12 to 18 mph this afternoon. FLZ108-112-114-115-210300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-190621T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1009 AM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 /909 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. * SURF...3 to 5 feet PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
537 WHUS42 KTAE 210153 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 953 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AT LOCAL BEACHES FRIDAY... .A high risk for rip currents is expected through Friday with surf of 3 to 5 feet. Surf will be lower at Franklin County beaches at 2 to 3 feet but there will be a longshore current. Southwesterly winds will be 10 to 15 mph. FLZ108-112-114-115-211200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-190622T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 953 PM EDT Thu Jun 20 2019 /853 PM CDT Thu Jun 20 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * SURF...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. && $$
319 WHUS42 KTAE 211420 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1020 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED AT LOCAL BEACHES FRIDAY... .A high risk for rip currents is expected through Friday with surf of 3 to 5 feet. Surf will be lower at Franklin County beaches at 2 to 3 feet but there will be a longshore current. Southwesterly winds will be 10 to 15 mph. FLZ108-112-114-115-220300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0051.000000T0000Z-190622T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1020 AM EDT Fri Jun 21 2019 /920 AM CDT Fri Jun 21 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * SURF...3 to 5 feet PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 9:10 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 10 hr | |
| Jun 20, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 22 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.