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Rip Current Statement 5, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 12, 20104 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 12, 2010, 3:28 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2010, 3:28 AM CDT (08:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
19 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 08:30 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, 8.5 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 2010-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1966 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2010-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

395 
WHUS42 KTAE 120828
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
428 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2010

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE
AND SAINT GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES...

.DISCUSSION...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEACHES
WEST OF MEXICO BEACH ALONG THE PANHANDLE.

FLZ108-112-114-115-130300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0005.100812T0828Z-100813T0300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
428 AM EDT THU AUG 12 2010 /328 AM CDT THU AUG 12 2010/

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION FIVE CONTINUE TO 
PRODUCE WIND AND SURF CONDITIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR A HIGH RISK
OF RIP CURRENTS THROUGH THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE BEACHES
WEST OF MEXICO BEACH ALONG THE PANHANDLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

MROCZKA/DVD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:39 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE18 hr

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.