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Rip Current Statement 30, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 14, 20164 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 14, 2016, 5:31 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2016, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 14, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 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 2016-03-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 424 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 2016-03-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

621 
WHUS42 KTAE 141031
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
631 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016

...STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
TODAY ALONG THE PANHANDLE AND BIG BEND BEACHES...

FLZ108-112-114-115-150300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0030.160314T1031Z-160315T0300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
631 AM EDT MON MAR 14 2016 /531 AM CDT MON MAR 14 2016/

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

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

* IMPACTS: DANGEROUS SWIMMING CONDITIONS DUE TO STRONG CURRENTS.

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.