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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 15, 2016Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 15, 2016, 2:44 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2016, 2:44 AM CDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2016-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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 00:00Z on 2016-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

087 
WHUS42 KTAE 150744
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
344 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

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

FLZ108-112-160000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.160815T0744Z-160816T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
344 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 /244 AM CDT MON AUG 15 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 THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

FOURNIER
1 follow-up statement
228 
WHUS42 KTAE 151411
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1011 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

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

FLZ115-160000-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-160816T0000Z/
COASTAL FRANKLIN-
1011 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-160000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-160816T0000Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-
1011 AM EDT MON AUG 15 2016 /911 AM CDT MON AUG 15 2016/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM
CDT/ THIS EVENING...

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon31 min
Aug 15, 11:03 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE27 min
Aug 15, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE65 min
Aug 15, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington52 min
Aug 15, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton45 min
Aug 15, 2:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes46 min
Aug 15, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington47 min
Aug 15, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison37 min

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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.