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Rip Current Statement 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 18, 2017Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2017, 10:20 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

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Issued
May 18, 2017, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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 2017-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 2017-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

043 
WHUS42 KTAE 181520
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1120 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2017

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG GULF COUNTY 
BEACHES...

.ALONG SHORE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL BECOME ONSHORE THIS
AFTERNOON. STRONG AND FREQUENT RIP CURRENTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FLZ114-190400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0057.170518T1520Z-170519T0400Z/
COASTAL GULF-
1120 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2017 /1020 AM CDT THU MAY 18 2017/

...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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

* IMPACTS...HIGH RISK FOR 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.