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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 30, 20154 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 30, 2015, 4:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jun 30, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2015, 4:14 AM CDT (09:14 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2015, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 30, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
9 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 09:15 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, 9.2 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 2015-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 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.

813 
WHUS42 KTAE 300914
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
514 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING 
THROUGH THIS TUESDAY EVENING ALONG THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE AND ST
GEORGE ISLAND BEACHES...

.PERSISTENT...RATHER STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP
MAINTAIN STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS THAN NORMAL.

FLZ108-112-114-115-010000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0042.150630T1500Z-150701T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
514 AM EDT TUE JUN 30 2015

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM EDT /10 AM CDT/
THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS LIKELY.

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. 

&&

$$

BARRY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon47 min
Jun 30, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton, Washington46 min
Jun 30, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington39 min
Jun 30, 11:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington65 min
Jun 30, 12:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson67 min
Jun 30, 12:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison42 min
Jun 30, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon60 min
Jun 30, 12:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon47 min
Jun 30, 1:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor55 min
Jun 30, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton40 min
Jun 30, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Taylor39 min
Jun 30, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton52 min
Jun 30, 2:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington42 min
Jun 30, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE61 min
Jun 30, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson, Washington43 min
Jun 30, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Gulf41 min
Jun 30, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jun 30, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty49 min
Jun 30, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla67 min
Jun 30, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE85 min
Jun 30, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla63 min
Jun 30, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor55 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.