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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 5, 2013Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 5, 2013, 2:15 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2013, 2:15 AM CST (08:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2013, 6:00 AM CST
In force
28 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 08:18 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, 8.3 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 2013-03-05Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2013-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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.

950 
WHUS42 KTAE 050815
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
315 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE BEACHES...

FLZ108-112-114-061200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0009.130305T0815Z-130306T1200Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
315 AM EST TUE MAR 5 2013 /215 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2013/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

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

* WAVES AND SURF...3 TO 5 FOOT BREAKERS WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS
  AROUND 20 MPH. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO A MORE WESTERLY AND
  EVENTUALLY NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION OVERNIGHT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND SURF WILL CREATE LIFE
  THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES
  THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.

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. 

&&

$$

DVD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 2:03 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE47 hr
Mar 5, 2:11 AM CSTWind AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more18 hr
Mar 5, 11:01 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningTAELafayette, Suwannee47 hr

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.