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Rip Current Statement 86, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 12, 2019, 2:08 AM CST for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2019, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2019, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:09 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1749 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
860 WHUS42 KTAE 120808 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 308 AM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT GULF AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES... .Northerly winds will be around 20 mph with higher gusts. A high risk for rip currents is likely at Gulf and Bay County beaches due to a longshore current. FLZ112-114-130500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0086.191112T0808Z-191113T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 308 AM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 /208 AM CST Tue Nov 12 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. * TIMING...until midnight. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
142 WHUS42 KTAE 121611 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1111 AM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT GULF, BAY, AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... .Breezy winds out of the north around 20 mph (with higher gusts) along and behind progressing cold front will make for hazardous beach conditions today. There is a high risk for rip currents for Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County beaches and a moderate risk for Walton County beaches. FLZ115-130015- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0086.000000T0000Z-191113T0500Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1111 AM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect through this evening. * TIMING...until midnight. * SURF...3 to 5 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$ FLZ112-114-130015- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0086.000000T0000Z-191113T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1111 AM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 /1011 AM CST Tue Nov 12 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...until midnight. * 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. && $$
341 WHUS42 KTAE 130136 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 836 PM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 ...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT GULF, BAY, AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... .Breezy winds out of the north around 20 mph (with higher gusts) along and behind progressing cold front will make for hazardous beach conditions today. There is a high risk for rip currents for Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County beaches and a moderate risk for Walton County beaches. FLZ112-114-115-130500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0086.000000T0000Z-191113T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 836 PM EST Tue Nov 12 2019 /736 PM CST Tue Nov 12 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... * TIMING...until midnight. * SURF...3 to 5 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 12:51 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more | 31 hr |
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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.