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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 28, 2016Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 28, 2016, 9:55 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2016, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2016-03-28Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2016-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
974 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

132 
WHUS42 KTAE 281455
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1055 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY AT PANHANDLE BEACHES...


LINGERING SURF OF OF 2 TO 3 FEET IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHTER WINDS AND LOWER SURF IS EXPECTED ON
TUESDAY.

FLZ108-112-114-290400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.160328T1455Z-160329T0400Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1055 AM EDT MON MAR 28 2016 /955 AM CDT MON MAR 28 2016/

...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...THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

* WAVES...2 TO 3 FEET.

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. 

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:37 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEHolmes, Washington12 days
Mar 28, 2:36 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Walton and 1 more6 hr
Mar 28, 9:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon12 days

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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.