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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 24, 20104 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 24, 2010, 3:55 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 24, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2010, 3:55 AM CDT (08:55 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 24, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 24, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 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 08:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2010-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2646 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2010-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1318 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

043 
WHUS42 KTAE 240855
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
455 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS OUT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS
DUE TO TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE PASSING TO THE SOUTH WILL LEAD
TO BUILDING SURF AND STRONGER RIP CURRENTS...ESPECIALLY LATER
TODAY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PERIODS.

FLZ108-112-114-115-250000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0003.100724T1800Z-100725T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
455 AM EDT SAT JUL 24 2010 /355 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010/

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS EXPECTED TODAY IS IN EFFECT FROM 2
PM EDT /1 PM CDT/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING...

INCREASING WINDS AND SEAS OUT ACROSS THE GULF WATERS DUE TO
TROPICAL DEPRESSION BONNIE PASSING TO THE SOUTH WILL LEAD TO
BUILDING SURF AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE PANHANDLE
BEACHES TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS WILL SUPPORT DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS
TODAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE LIFE THREATENING TO ANYONE ENTERING THE
WATER.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE52 min
Jul 24, 11:44 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE91 min

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2010Every rip current statement in 2010

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.