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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 5, 2016Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2016, 10:22 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2016, 10:22 AM CDT (15:22 UTC)
Expired: May 6, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 21 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 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 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-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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

462 
WHUS42 KTAE 051522
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1122 AM EDT THU MAY 5 2016

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

NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL BE STRONG TODAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 10-15 MPH AND GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. WINDS WILL BE
PARALLEL TO THE COASTLINE AT GULF COUNTY BEACHES INCREASING THE
RIP CURRENT RISK TO HIGH. SURF HEIGHTS WILL PEAK AROUND 2 TO 3
FEET TODAY. WINDS WILL BE WEAKER TOMORROW...ALLOWING SURF HEIGHTS
TO LOWER AS WELL.

FLZ114-061200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.160505T1522Z-160506T1200Z/
COASTAL GULF-
1122 AM EDT THU MAY 5 2016 /1022 AM CDT THU MAY 5 2016/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

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

* TIMING...UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.

* SURF HEIGHT...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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 12:48 AM CDT	Small Craft Advisory	TAE		30 hr

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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.