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Rip Current Statement 111, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 20, 2020, 1:55 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 20, 2020, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 20, 2020, 1:55 AM CST (07:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 20, 2020, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2020, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 33 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 07:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 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
- 1106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
796 WHUS42 KTAE 200755 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 255 AM EST Sun Dec 20 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-201600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0111.201220T1800Z-201222T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 255 AM EST Sun Dec 20 2020 /155 AM CST Sun Dec 20 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 PM EST /noon CST/ this afternoon through Monday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
708 WHUS42 KTAE 210712 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 212 AM EST Mon Dec 21 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-220300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0111.000000T0000Z-201222T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 212 AM EST Mon Dec 21 2020 /112 AM CST Mon Dec 21 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
831 WHUS42 KTAE 211615 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1115 AM EST Mon Dec 21 2020 FLZ108-112-115-211715- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0111.000000T0000Z-201222T0300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 1115 AM EST Mon Dec 21 2020 /1015 AM CST Mon Dec 21 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Offshore flow and decreasing surf will lead to a lesser risk of rip currents so the high risk has been cancelled. Please continue to monitor local beach flags for the latest surf hazards. $$ FLZ114-220300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0111.000000T0000Z-201222T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1115 AM EST Mon Dec 21 2020 /1015 AM CST Mon Dec 21 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Monday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 1:38 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 17 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.