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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 1, 2015Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 1, 2015, 9:23 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 1, 2015, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:27 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2015-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 321 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2015-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

086 
WHUS42 KTAE 011423
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1023 AM EDT WED APR 1 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT BAY COUNTY BEACHES...

.ONSHORE WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS AND SURF HEIGHTS AROUND 1 TO 2 FT
TODAY.

FLZ112-020000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0018.150401T1423Z-150402T0000Z/
COASTAL BAY-
1023 AM EDT WED APR 1 2015

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

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

* TIMING...THROUGH 7 PM CDT TONIGHT.

* SURF...1 TO 2 FEET.

* BEACH FLAGS...RED.

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...BEACH PATROL
FLAGS AND SIGNS.

IF YOU BECOME CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...YELL FOR HELP. REMAIN
CALM...DO NOT EXHAUST YOURSELF AND STAY AFLOAT WHILE WAITING FOR
HELP. IF YOU HAVE TO SWIM OUT OF A RIP CURRENT...SWIM PARALLEL TO
SHORE AND BACK TOWARD THE BEACH WHEN POSSIBLE. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
SWIM DIRECTLY AGAINST A RIP CURRENT AS YOU WILL TIRE QUICKLY. 

&&

$$

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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.