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Rip Current Statement 62, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 28, 2017Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 28, 2017, 9:13 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2017, 9:13 AM CDT (14:13 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2017-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1207 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 12:00Z on 2017-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
1207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
568 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

842 
WHUS42 KTAE 281413
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1013 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

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


FLZ112-114-290300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0062.170528T1413Z-170529T0300Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
1013 AM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017 /913 AM CDT SUN MAY 28 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...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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
558 
WHUS42 KTAE 281959
CFWTAE

COASTAL HAZARD MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
359 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017

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

FLZ108-290300-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0062.000000T0000Z-170529T0300Z/
SOUTH WALTON-
259 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A HIGH RIP
CURRENT RISK, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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. 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.

&&

$$

FLZ112-114-290300-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0062.000000T0000Z-170529T0300Z/
COASTAL BAY-COASTAL GULF-
359 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2017 /259 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 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. 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
May 28, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes50 min
May 28, 2:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton41 min
May 28, 3:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Jackson, Washington41 min

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2017Every rip current statement in 2017

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.