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Rip Current Statement 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 14, 20194 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 14, 2019, 2:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2019, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 526 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 00:00Z on 2019-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
526 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1228 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted.

947 
WHUS42 KTAE 140739
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
339 AM EDT Tue May 14 2019

...HIGH RISK FOR RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES TODAY...

FLZ108-112-114-115-150600-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0040.190514T0739Z-190515T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
339 AM EDT Tue May 14 2019 /239 AM CDT Tue May 14 2019/

...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...2 to 3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.