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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 16, 2019Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 16, 2019, 9:33 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2019, 9:33 AM CDT (14:33 UTC)
Expired: Mar 16, 2019, 6:22 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 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, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

943 
WHUS42 KTAE 161433
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1033 AM EDT Sat Mar 16 2019

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG WALTON AND BAY COUNTY
BEACHES...

FLZ108-112-170300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.190316T1433Z-190317T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
1033 AM EDT Sat Mar 16 2019 /933 AM CDT Sat Mar 16 2019/

...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. 


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. 

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

884 
WHUS42 KTAE 162322
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
722 PM EDT Sat Mar 16 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

FLZ108-112-170030-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0022.000000T0000Z-190317T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
722 PM EDT Sat Mar 16 2019 /622 PM CDT Sat Mar 16 2019/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has cancelled the
High Rip Current Risk.

$$

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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.