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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 14, 2011Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2011, 2:14 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at May 14, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2011, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 14, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
12 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 07:17 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, 7.2 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 2011-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 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 2011-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1280 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

495 
WHUS42 KTAE 140714
CFWTAE

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
314 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

...A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING THROUGH
TONIGHT ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...

.DISCUSSION...SURF ALONG THE PANHANDLE BEACHES WILL BUILD TODAY
AS A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SURF WILL PEAK
SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON...THEN SLOWLY SUBSIDE BEGINNING LATE 
TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LEAD
TO HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS. BEACH GOERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXERCISE
CAUTION AND HEED THE ADVISE OF THE LOCAL BEACH
OFFICIALS...INCLUDING POSTED RED OR DOUBLE RED FLAGS.

FLZ108-112-114-150015-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0010.110514T1400Z-110515T0200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
314 AM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011 /214 AM CDT SAT MAY 14 2011/

...RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ SATURDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT /9 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT...

* SURF AND RIP CURRENTS...3 TO 4 FEET WITH SOME SPOTS LOCALLY
  HIGHER. COMBINED WITH BREEZY ONSHORE WINDS...THIS WILL LEAD TO
  HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS.

* TIMING...SURF AND RIP CURRENT RISK WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO
  TONIGHT...THEN GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO SUNDAY.

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 AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO
FLAGS AND POSTED SIGNS. IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...
DO NOT PANIC. REMAIN CALM AND BEGIN TO SWIM PARALLEL TO SHORE.
ONCE YOU ARE AWAY FROM THE FORCE OF THE RIP CURRENT...BEGIN TO
SWIM BACK TO THE BEACH. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A
RIP CURRENT. EVEN A STRONG SWIMMER CAN BECOME EXHAUSTED QUICKLY. 

&&

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty63 min
May 13, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla39 min
May 13, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla44 min
May 13, 10:25 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 min
May 13, 10:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison65 min
May 14, 4:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton39 min
May 14, 5:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Washington44 min
May 14, 6:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington30 min
May 14, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson49 min
May 14, 9:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison54 min
May 14, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson27 min
May 14, 2:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden45 min
May 14, 3:06 PM CDTFire Weather WatchTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon and 2 more12 hr
May 14, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon52 min
May 14, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison25 min
May 14, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison28 min

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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.