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Rip Current Statement 104, NWS Tallahassee, FL

December 7, 2020Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 7, 2020, 1:10 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 2020, 1:10 AM CST (07:10 UTC)
Expired
Dec 8, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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 2020-12-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2020-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

779 
WHUS42 KTAE 070710
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
210 AM EST Mon Dec 7 2020

FLZ112-114-080900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0104.201207T0710Z-201208T0900Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
210 AM EST Mon Dec 7 2020 /110 AM CST Mon Dec 7 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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.

&&

$$

DVD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 7, 1:11 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE29 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.