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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 8, 2019, 3:20 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 25 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2019, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 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 08:19 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, 8.3 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
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
527 WHUS42 KTAE 080820 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 420 AM EDT Mon Jul 8 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES TODAY... .Increasing onshore/longshore flow and surf will result in a heightened risk for frequent and strong rip currents today. Pay close attention to the beach flag system if planning to enter the water. FLZ108-112-114-115-090900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.190708T0820Z-190709T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 420 AM EDT Mon Jul 8 2019 /320 AM CDT Mon Jul 8 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. * SURF...Building to 2 to 3 feet by late this afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
831 WHUS42 KTAE 081924 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 324 PM EDT Mon Jul 8 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES CONTINUES TODAY... FLZ108-112-114-115-090900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0054.000000T0000Z-190709T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 324 PM EDT Mon Jul 8 2019 /224 PM CDT Mon Jul 8 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * SURF...2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 7:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun | 53 min |
| Jul 7, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jul 7, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon, Wakulla | 46 min |
| Jul 7, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 31 min | |
| Jul 7, 10:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 41 min |
| Jul 8, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 52 min |
| Jul 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 64 min | |
| Jul 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 33 min | |
| Jul 8, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 31 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.