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Rip Current Statement 68, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 21, 2019, 2:56 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2019, 2:56 AM CDT (07:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2019, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1992 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
071 WHUS42 KTAE 210756 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 356 AM EDT Sat Sep 21 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR BAY AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ108-112-211600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0068.190921T0756Z-190922T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 356 AM EDT Sat Sep 21 2019 /256 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * IMPACTS...Surf heights around 1 to 3 feet, Strong, frequent, and 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
572 WHUS42 KTAE 211530 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1130 AM EDT Sat Sep 21 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR WALTON, BAY, AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... FLZ115-220400- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0068.000000T0000Z-190922T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1130 AM EDT Sat Sep 21 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * IMPACTS...Surf heights around 2 to 4 feet, Strong, frequent, and life threatening rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ FLZ108-112-220400- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0068.000000T0000Z-190922T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1130 AM EDT Sat Sep 21 2019 /1030 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * IMPACTS...Surf heights around 2 to 4 feet, Strong, frequent, and 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. && $$
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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.