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Rip Current Statement 102, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 1, 2016Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 1, 2016, 10:23 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2016, 10:23 AM CST (16:23 UTC)
Expired
Dec 1, 2016, 10:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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, 4.4 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 2016-12-01Temperature 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°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 2016-12-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1771 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

754 
WHUS42 KTAE 011623
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1123 AM EST THU DEC 1 2016

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT GULF COUNTY BEACHES...

EXPECT OFFSHORE WINDS GENERALLY FROM THE NORTH AROUND 10 MPH.
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH ISOLATED LIGHT
SHOWERS CANNOT BE RULED OUT TODAY.

FLZ114-020400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0102.161201T1623Z-161202T0400Z/
COASTAL GULF-
1123 AM EST THU DEC 1 2016 /1023 AM CST THU DEC 1 2016/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/
THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/
THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...UNTIL MIDNIGHT

* SURF HEIGHT...3 FEET OCCASIONALLY UP TO 4 FEET.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS.

RIP CURRENTS ARE POWERFUL CHANNELS OF WATER FLOWING QUICKLY AWAY
FROM SHORE. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS.

HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS
BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM
AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD
WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED.

&&

$$

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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.