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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 10, 2013Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 10, 2013, 12:33 PM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2013, 12:33 PM CDT (17:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1776 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1776 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
499 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

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

621 
WHUS42 KTAE 101733
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
133 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE BEACH RESCUES SO FAR TODAY ALONG THE
BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE...DUE TO STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 

FLZ108-112-114-110200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.130610T1733Z-130611T0200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
133 PM EDT MON JUN 10 2013 /1233 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2013/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* SURF...2 TO 3 FEET.

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...SEVERAL BEACHES HAVE BEEN CLOSED IN BAY COUNTY DUE TO
  STRONG RIP CURRENTS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL
CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY FROM SHORE. HEED THE ADVICE
OF LIFEGUARDS AND THE BEACH PATROL. PAY ATTENTION TO FLAGS AND
POSTED SIGNS. 

&&

$$

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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.