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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 29, 20144 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 29, 2014, 2:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2014, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
17 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 07:16 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, 7.2 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 2014-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 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 2014-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
263 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.

896 
WHUS42 KTAE 290712
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
312 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE BEACHES OF THE FLORIDA 
PANHANDLE AND FRANKLIN COUNTY...

.GENERAL OUTLOOK...
RATHER STRONG SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT
PASSES THROUGH. THIS WILL GENERATE RELATIVELY HIGH SURF AND
FREQUENT STRONG RIP CURRENTS.

FLZ108-112-114-115-300000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.140329T0712Z-140330T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
312 AM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014 /212 AM CDT SAT MAR 29 2014/

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

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

* LOCATION...ALL BEACHES IN WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN
  COUNTY BEACHES.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH 7 PM.

* BEACH FLAGS...RED

* SURF...AROUND 4 FEET ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY BEACHES. 3 TO
  4 FEET ALONG GULF AND FRANKLIN 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. 

&&

$$

BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 29, 3:15 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE30 hr
Mar 29, 6:11 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE94 min
Mar 29, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE90 min
Mar 29, 7:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Mar 29, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Mar 29, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 min
Mar 29, 10:16 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Washington5 days

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2014Every rip current statement in 2014

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.