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Rip Current Statement 45, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 8, 2018Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 8, 2018, 9:42 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

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The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2018, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 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 2018-04-08Temperature 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 2018-04-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

527 
WHUS42 KTAE 081442
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1042 AM EDT Sun Apr 8 2018

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR GULF COUNTY BEACHES TODAY...

.An along shore component to the winds will result in a continued 
longshore current along Gulf county beaches today. This will 
result in an increased, and high, risk for rip currents.

FLZ114-090900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0045.180408T1442Z-180409T0900Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1042 AM EDT Sun Apr 8 2018 /942 AM CDT Sun Apr 8 2018/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect through late tonight. 

* SURF HEIGHT...1 to 2 feet

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.