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Rip Current Statement 36, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 26, 2017Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 26, 2017, 1:12 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 26, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2017, 1:12 AM CDT (06:12 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 26, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 26, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
15 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 06:16 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, 6.2 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 2017-03-26Temperature 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°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 2017-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1577 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

321 
WHUS42 KTAE 260612
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
212 AM EDT SUN MAR 26 2017

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT WALTON...BAY AND FRANKLIN COUNTY 
BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ108-112-115-270300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0036.170326T1200Z-170327T0300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-COASTAL BAY-COASTAL FRANKLIN-
212 AM EDT SUN MAR 26 2017 /112 AM CDT SUN MAR 26 2017/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING 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. THEY OCCUR MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPOTS OR BREAKS IN THE
SANDBAR...AS WELL AS IN THE VICINITY OF JETTIES AND PIERS.

HEED THE ADVICE OF LIFEGUARDS...BEACH PATROL FLAGS...AND SIGNS
BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER. IF CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT DO NOT SWIM
AGAINST IT. FACE THE SHORE AND SIGNAL FOR HELP. FLOAT OR TREAD
WATER UNTIL THE CURRENT ENDS OR UNTIL RESCUED.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 25, 10:12 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE48 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.