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Rip Current Statement 72, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 21, 2018Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 21, 2018, 10:34 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2018, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2018, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
17 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, 3.6 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 2018-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 625 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 2018-06-21The 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
625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

329 
WHUS42 KTAE 211534
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1134 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018

...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS TODAY ALONG THE WEST
FACING BEACHES OF BAY AND GULF COUNTIES...

FLZ112-114-220900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0072.180621T1534Z-180622T0900Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1134 AM EDT Thu Jun 21 2018 /1034 AM CDT Thu Jun 21 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. 

* TIMING...Through tonight.

* IMPACTS...Strong rip currents requiring rescues from the surf.

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. 

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison41 min
Jun 20, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette34 min
Jun 21, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette52 min
Jun 21, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson52 min
Jun 21, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon15 min

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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.