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Rip Current Statement 100, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 30, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 30, 2020, 2:36 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 30, 2020, 2:36 AM CST (08:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 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 2020-11-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2020-11-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 365 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
478 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

987 
WHUS42 KTAE 300836
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
336 AM EST Mon Nov 30 2020

FLZ108-112-114-115-010000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0100.201130T0836Z-201201T0000Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
336 AM EST Mon Nov 30 2020 /236 AM CST Mon Nov 30 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 6:33 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Holmes, Washington57 min
Nov 29, 7:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Jackson70 min
Nov 29, 7:27 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Nov 29, 8:30 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty60 min
Nov 29, 8:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gulf, Liberty24 min
Nov 29, 8:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE34 min
Nov 29, 9:00 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf45 min
Nov 29, 9:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEFranklin, Gulf40 min
Nov 29, 9:13 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE62 min
Nov 29, 9:44 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton46 min
Nov 29, 10:34 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes41 min
Nov 29, 10:42 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Nov 29, 11:47 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Liberty43 min
Nov 30, 12:09 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE96 min
Nov 30, 12:28 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEFranklin, Jefferson, Leon, Wakulla47 min
Nov 30, 1:12 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon, Taylor, Wakulla48 min
Nov 30, 1:39 AM CSTFreeze WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more30 hr
Nov 30, 1:40 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE80 min
Nov 30, 1:52 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison36 min
Nov 30, 1:56 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison, Taylor64 min
Nov 30, 2:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison50 min
Nov 30, 2:12 AM CSTTornado WarningTAEMadison36 min
Nov 30, 2:42 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE49 min
Nov 30, 2:44 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie, Lafayette61 min
Nov 30, 1:01 PM CSTFreeze WatchTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more13 hr

Nearby

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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.