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Rip Current Statement 93, NWS Tallahassee, FL

October 28, 2015Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 28, 2015, 9:26 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 28, 2015, 9:26 AM CDT (14:26 UTC)
Expired: Oct 28, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:29 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

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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.

538 
WHUS42 KTAE 281426
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1026 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY. WATER IS CLOSED AT BAY AND
GULF COUNTY BEACHES...

ALTHOUGH WIND AND SURF HAVE DIMINISHED...LINGERING RIP CHANNELS
FROM THE PREVIOUS DAY AND MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW SHOULD MAINTAIN
HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT AREA BEACHES TODAY. BE SURE TO HEED
THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH PATROLS.

FLZ108-112-114-290400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0093.151028T1426Z-151029T0400Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1026 AM EDT WED OCT 28 2015 /926 AM CDT WED OCT 28 2015/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

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.