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Rip Current Statement 42, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 20, 2019Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 20, 2019, 11:18 AM CDT for Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2019, 11:18 AM CDT (16:18 UTC)
Expired
May 20, 2019, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 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, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2019-05-20Temperature 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 2019-05-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1371 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

836 
WHUS42 KTAE 201618 CCA
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1218 PM EDT Mon May 20 2019

...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS AT WALTON COUNTY BEACHES TODAY...


FLZ108-210300-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0042.190520T1618Z-190521T0300Z/
South Walton-
1118 AM CDT Mon May 20 2019

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip
Current Risk, which is in effect until 10 PM CDT this evening. 

* IMPACTS...Surf heights of 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.