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Rip Current Statement 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 14, 2017Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2017, 9:29 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

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The facts

Issued
May 14, 2017, 9:29 AM CDT (14:29 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2017, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 2017-05-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

728 
WHUS42 KTAE 141429
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1029 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR WEST 
FACING BEACHES IN BAY AND GULF COUNTIES...

.EVEN THOUGH WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DECREASED FROM EARLIER IN THE
WEEKEND, BREAKS IN THE SANDBARS REMAIN ALLOWING FOR THE CONTINUE
PRESENCE OF RIP CURRENTS.

FLZ112-114-150900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0055.170514T1429Z-170515T0900Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1029 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2017 /929 AM CDT SUN MAY 14 2017/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR WEST 
FACING BEACHES IN BAY AND GULF COUNTIES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. 

* TIMING...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...HIGH RISK FOR DEADLY 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.