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Rip Current Statement 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 24, 2017Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 24, 2017, 8:52 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2017, 8:52 AM CDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
8 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 13:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2017-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

806 
WHUS42 KTAE 241352
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
952 AM EDT MON APR 24 2017

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES 
INCLUDING SAINT JOSEPH PENINSULA STATE PARK...

.NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND SURF HEIGHTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET
ALONG GULF COUNTY BEACHES WILL RESULT IN A HIGH RISK OF RIP
CURRENTS TODAY. 

FLZ114-242200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0047.170424T1352Z-170424T2200Z/
COASTAL GULF-
952 AM EDT MON APR 24 2017 /852 AM CDT MON APR 24 2017/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT /5 PM CDT/ THIS
EVENING. 

* TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

* IMPACTS...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS. 

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.

&&

$$

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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.