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Rip Current Statement 7, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 19, 2013Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 19, 2013, 2:38 AM CST for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 19, 2013, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2013, 2:38 AM CST (08:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2013, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2013-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2013-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 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.

705 
WHUS42 KTAE 190838
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
338 AM EST TUE FEB 19 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK TODAY AT FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES...

.STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL GENERATE 3 TO 5 FOOT BREAKERS ALONG
THE BEACHES OF WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES TODAY. THESE CONDITIONS
WILL GENERATE STRONG AND DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY.

FLZ108-112-200000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0007.130219T0900Z-130220T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
238 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. 

* WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FOOT BREAKERS WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS
  AROUND 20 MPH.

* TIMING...THIS MORNING...WITH CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVING THIS
  AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...LARGE POWERFUL SURF AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE LIFE
  THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES.

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. 

&&

$$

CAMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 2:10 PM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE19 hr

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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.