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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 13, 2010Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 13, 2010, 3:10 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Aug 13, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2010, 3:10 AM CDT (08:10 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 13, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 13, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
14 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:10 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2010-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1901 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 2010-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
1901 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 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.

020 
WHUS42 KTAE 130810
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
410 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA
PANHANDLE BEACHES...

.ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT
IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES
THROUGH THIS EVENING. LESS WAVE ACTION WILL KEEP THE RIP CURRENT
RISK AT MODERATE LEVELS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SAINT GEORGE ISLAND.

FLZ108-112-114-140000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.100813T1000Z-100814T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
410 AM EDT FRI AUG 13 2010 /310 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

ONSHORE WINDS AND ROUGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN RESULT
IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES
THROUGH THIS EVENING. LESS WAVE ACTION WILL KEEP THE RIP CURRENT
RISK AT MODERATE LEVELS ALONG THE BEACHES OF SAINT GEORGE ISLAND.

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.

IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...STAY CALM AND SWIM PARALLEL TO THE BEACH
UNTIL THE CURRENT WEAKENS...THEN SWIM TOWARD SHORE. CALL OR WAVE YOUR
HANDS TO GET THE ATTENTION OF THE LIFEGUARDS.

&&

$$

14-MROCZKA

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.