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Rip Current Statement 104, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 30, 2019, 3:18 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 2019, 3:18 AM CST (09:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 2019, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 134 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 555 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
705 WHUS42 KTAE 300918 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 418 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2019 FLZ108-112-114-310900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0104.191230T0918Z-191231T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 418 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2019 /318 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
1 follow-up statement
174 WHUS42 KTAE 301553 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1053 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2019 FLZ108-301700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-191231T0900Z/ South Walton- 953 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR WALTON COUNTY BEACHES... Winds have become more offshore for Walton county beaches, which has reduced the risk of rip currents to moderate for today. $$ FLZ112-114-310000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0104.000000T0000Z-191231T0900Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1053 AM EST Mon Dec 30 2019 /953 AM CST Mon Dec 30 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 6:43 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 47 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2019Every rip current statement in 2019
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.