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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 23, 2019, 9:02 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 65 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2019, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2019, 2:08 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 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 14:05 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, 2.0 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
931 WHUS42 KTAE 231402 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1002 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-260100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0053.190623T1402Z-190626T0100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1002 AM EDT Sun Jun 23 2019 /902 AM CDT Sun Jun 23 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through Tuesday evening. * TIMING...hrough Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
129 WHUS42 KTAE 240719 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 319 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-250000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-190626T0100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 319 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 2019 /219 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
322 WHUS42 KTAE 241531 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1131 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-250300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-190626T0100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1131 AM EDT Mon Jun 24 2019 /1031 AM CDT Mon Jun 24 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * TIMING...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents. 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. && $$
740 WHUS42 KTAE 251457 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1057 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... FLZ108-112-114-115-261300- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-190626T1300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1057 AM EDT Tue Jun 25 2019 /957 AM CDT Tue Jun 25 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... * TIMING...Through Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...Life threatening rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
405 WHUS42 KTAE 260708 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 308 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2019 FLZ108-112-114-115-260815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0053.000000T0000Z-190626T1300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 308 AM EDT Wed Jun 26 2019 /208 AM CDT Wed Jun 26 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has cancelled the High Rip Current Risk. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Leon | 26 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.