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Rip Current Statement 81, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 22, 2019, 2:32 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 22, 2019, 2:32 AM CDT (07:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 23, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:33 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
740 WHUS42 KTAE 220732 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 332 AM EDT Tue Oct 22 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-230700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0081.191022T0732Z-191023T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 332 AM EDT Tue Oct 22 2019 /232 AM CDT Tue Oct 22 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...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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
947 WHUS42 KTAE 222318 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 718 PM EDT Tue Oct 22 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS ALONG PANHANDLE BEACHES TODAY... FLZ108-112-230700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0081.000000T0000Z-191023T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 718 PM EDT Tue Oct 22 2019 /618 PM CDT Tue Oct 22 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... * SURF...Surf heights of 2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 117 min | |
| Oct 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 116 min | |
| Oct 21, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 43 min |
| Oct 21, 9:11 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| Oct 21, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 21, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 38 min |
| Oct 21, 11:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 33 min |
| Oct 22, 6:34 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 56 min | |
| Oct 22, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie, Lafayette | 43 min |
Nearby
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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.