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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 16, 20104 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 16, 2010, 2:04 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2010, 2:04 AM CST (08:04 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
In force
16 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 08:08 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, 8.1 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 2010-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2010-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
730 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 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.

589 
WHUS42 KTAE 160804
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
304 AM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

...A HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY
COUNTIES...

FLZ108-112-162100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0009.101116T1000Z-101116T2100Z/
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.101116T0804Z-101117T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
204 AM CST TUE NOV 16 2010

...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH
SURF ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
THROUGH THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL CREATE A PERIOD OF HIGH
SURF ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY
COUNTY. SURF HEIGHTS ALONG THESE BEACHES WILL BUILD TO 6
FEET LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A FEW HIGHER SETS POSSIBLE IN THE
EARLY AFTERNOON. SURF HEIGHTS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AS WINDS BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND THEN SHIFT TO AN OFFSHORE DIRECTION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HIGH SURF ADVISORY MEANS THAT HIGH SURF WILL AFFECT BEACHES IN
THE ADVISORY AREA WHICH MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED BEACH EROSION. 

A HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK INDICATES THAT STRONG AND LIFE THREATENING
RIP CURRENTS ARE PRESENT. EVERYONE...INCLUDING EXPERIENCED
SWIMMERS...SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF.

&&

$$

FLZ114-115-162100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.101116T0804Z-101117T0000Z/
COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
304 AM EST TUE NOV 16 2010

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY...

DUE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MODERATE SURF...THERE IS A HIGH
RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF GULF AND FRANKLIN
COUNTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS INDICATES THAT STRONG AND LIFE
THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE PRESENT. EVERYONE...INCLUDING
EXPERIENCED SWIMMERS...SHOULD REMAIN OUT OF THE SURF. 

&&

$$

38-GODSEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 7:20 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Nov 16, 1:25 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Nov 16, 2:04 AM CSTHigh Surf AdvisoryTAEBay, Walton13 hr
Nov 16, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Nov 16, 3:32 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE28 min
Nov 16, 4:24 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE81 min
Nov 16, 4:24 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEJefferson, Leon25 min
Nov 16, 4:53 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf54 min
Nov 16, 5:01 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson29 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.