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Rip Current Statement 59, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 16, 2016Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 16, 2016, 10:10 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
Jun 16, 2016, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 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 radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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, 3.2 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 2016-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1854 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1854 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

015 
WHUS42 KTAE 161510
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1110 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016

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

MODERATE SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN
THEY VEER TO BECOME NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT. SURF 
HEIGHTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 FEET ALONG THE PANHANDLE
BEACHES WITH A CORRESPONDING INCREASE IN THE RIP CURRENT RISK
TODAY AND FRIDAY.

FLZ108-112-114-170400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0059.160616T1510Z-160617T0400Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1110 AM EDT THU JUN 16 2016 /1010 AM CDT THU JUN 16 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...UNTIL MIDNIGHT

* SURF HEIGHT...2 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...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
Jun 16, 4:50 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE55 min
Jun 16, 11:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes25 min
Jun 16, 12:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla29 min
Jun 16, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington27 min
Jun 16, 12:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes47 min
Jun 16, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Liberty28 min
Jun 16, 1:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes53 min
Jun 16, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJackson47 min
Jun 16, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Liberty23 min
Jun 16, 1:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton39 min
Jun 16, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson25 min
Jun 16, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Leon7 min
Jun 16, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton38 min
Jun 16, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton35 min
Jun 16, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison24 min
Jun 16, 3:40 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE50 min
Jun 16, 3:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison47 min
Jun 16, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton14 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty42 min
Jun 16, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf, Liberty30 min

Nearby

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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.