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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 30, 2019, 2:43 PM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 1, 2019, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2019, 2:43 PM CST (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 1, 2019, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 1, 2019, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 20 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 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 341 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
152 WHUS42 KTAE 302043 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 343 PM EST Sat Nov 30 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ON SUNDAY FOR WALTON, BAY, AND WESTERN GULF COUNTY BEACHES NORTH OF THE ROCKS... FLZ108-112-114-011000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.191201T0900Z-191202T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 343 PM EST Sat Nov 30 2019 /243 PM CST Sat Nov 30 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... The National Weather Service in Tallahassee has issued a High Rip Current Risk, which is in effect from late tonight through Sunday evening. * TIMING...Late tonight thru Sunday evening. * Surf...Building to 5 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
430 WHUS42 KTAE 010815 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 315 AM EST Sun Dec 1 2019 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS SUNDAY EVENING FOR WALTON, BAY, AND WESTERN GULF COUNTY BEACHES NORTH OF THE ROCKS... FLZ108-112-114-020500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.191201T0900Z-191202T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 315 AM EST Sun Dec 1 2019 /215 AM CST Sun Dec 1 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * TIMING...Through this evening. * Surf...Building to 5 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... There is a high risk of rip currents. Rip currents are powerful channels of water flowing quickly away from shore, which occur most often at low spots or breaks in the sandbar and in the vicinity of structures such as groins, jetties and piers. Heed the advice of lifeguards, beach patrol flags and signs. If you become caught in a rip current, yell for help. Remain calm, do not exhaust yourself and stay afloat while waiting for help. If you have to swim out of a rip current, swim parallel to shore and back toward the beach when possible. Do not attempt to swim directly against a rip current as you will tire quickly. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30, 2:48 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 51 hr |
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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.