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Rip Current Statement 41, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 14, 2014Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2014, 9:33 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2014, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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 12:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

680 
WHUS42 KTAE 141433
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1033 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014

......HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE
AND BIG BEND BEACHES...

.MODERATE SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SURF HEIGHTS IN THE 2 TO 4 FOOT RANGE
HAVE RESULTED IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY. THERE IS A
MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN GULF COUNTY WHERE THE SHORELINE
IS MORE SHELTERED FROM SOUTHEAST WINDS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT SHIFTING WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST FOR
TOMORROW. 

FLZ108-112-115-142245-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0041.140514T1433Z-140515T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1033 AM EDT WED MAY 14 2014 /933 AM CDT WED MAY 14 2014/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* LOCATION...FLORIDA PANHANDLE BEACHES

* TIMING...TODAY AND THIS EVENING

* BEACH FLAGS...RED

* SURF...2 TO 4 FEET

* IMPACTS...DANGEROUS 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...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. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 2:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more	30 hr
May 14, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Taylor	43 min
May 14, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison, Taylor	42 min
May 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		85 min
May 14, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Walton	52 min
May 14, 6:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 min

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.