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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 28, 20154 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 28, 2015, 2:22 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 28, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2015, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2015, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
24 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 07:25 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, 7.4 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 2015-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 2015-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
326 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.

631 
WHUS42 KTAE 280722
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
322 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015

...STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS LIKELY TODAY...

.INCREASING SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS TODAY WILL CAUSE WAVES AND
SURF TO BUILD...WITH SURF HEIGHTS REACHING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 FEET
ALONG THE BEACHES. ADDITIONALLY...STRONG AND SHIFTING OFFSHORE
WIND PATTERNS DUE TO PASSING AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
MULTIPLE WAVE GROUPS AND WAVE DIRECTIONS...WHICH CAN ALSO
INCREASE THE RIP CURRENT RISK. 

FLZ108-112-114-115-290900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0026.150428T0900Z-150429T0900Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
322 AM EDT TUE APR 28 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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

* LOCATION: WALTON...BAY...GULF...AND FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES.

* SURF: 3 TO 4 FEET IN WALTON AND BAY COUNTIES. 2 TO 3 FEET IN
  GULF AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES.

* IMPACTS: STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE LIKELY
  TODAY...WHICH COULD BE HAZARDOUS TO THOSE ENTERING THE WATER.

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. 

&&

$$

AL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 11:17 PM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE15 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2015Every rip current statement in 2015

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.