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Rip Current Statement 97, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 8, 2019, 2:31 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 8, 2019, 2:31 AM CST (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 9, 2019, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 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 08:31 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, 8.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
873 WHUS42 KTAE 080831 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 331 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2019 FLZ108-112-114-115-090900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0097.191208T0831Z-191209T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 331 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2019 /231 AM CST Sun Dec 8 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
339 WHUS42 KTAE 081620 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1120 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2019 FLZ108-112-114-081730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-191209T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1120 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2019 /1020 AM CST Sun Dec 8 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED FOR BAY, GULF, AND WALTON COUNTY BEACHES BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... $$ FLZ115-090900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-191209T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1120 AM EST Sun Dec 8 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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. && $$
465 WHUS42 KTAE 090716 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 216 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2019 FLZ115-100500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-191210T0500Z/ Coastal Franklin- 216 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
206 WHUS42 KTAE 091604 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1104 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2019 FLZ108-112-114-100500- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-191210T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1104 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2019 /1004 AM CST Mon Dec 9 2019/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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. && $$ FLZ115-100500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0097.000000T0000Z-191210T0500Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1104 AM EST Mon Dec 9 2019 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 8, 2:31 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 15 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.