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Rip Current Statement 8, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 13, 2014Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2014, 9:16 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2014, 9:16 AM CDT (14:16 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2014-03-13Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2014-03-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -312 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-312 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-173 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.

912 
WHUS42 KTAE 131416
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1016 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014

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

.LEFTOVER WAVES GENERATED FROM THE STRONG WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS RIP CURRENTS TODAY. CONDITIONS MAY IMPROVE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SURF SUBSIDES. 

FLZ114-132300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0008.140313T1416Z-140313T2300Z/
COASTAL GULF-
1016 AM EDT THU MAR 13 2014

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

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

* LOCATION...GULF COUNTY BEACHES

* BEACH FLAGS...RED

* SURF...2 TO 3 FEET...SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 FEET. 

* IMPACTS...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...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. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 9:01 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE10 hr
Mar 13, 1:20 PM CDTFreeze WarningTAEDixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more18 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.