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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 5, 2018Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2018, 9:28 AM CST for Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2018, 9:28 AM CST (15:28 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2018, 10:00 PM CST
In force: 13 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WHUS42 KTAE 051528
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1028 AM EST Mon Feb 5 2018

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

.Strong winds from yesterday are helping to cause a high risk for
rip currents today across Walton and Gulf County beaches.

FLZ108-114-060400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0018.180205T1528Z-180206T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Gulf-
1028 AM EST Mon Feb 5 2018 /928 AM CST Mon Feb 5 2018/

...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. 

* SURF HEIGHTS...2 TO 3 FEET.

* IMPACTS...Stronger and more frequent rip currents will create 
  dangerous swimming conditions.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

There is a high risk of rip currents.

Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away
from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the
sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties
and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and
signs.

If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain
calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for
help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to
shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to
swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. 

&&

$$

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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.