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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 9, 2020Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 9, 2020, 2:28 AM CST for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Feb 9, 2020, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2020, 2:28 AM CST (08:28 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 9, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 9, 2020, 9:00 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2020-02-09Temperature 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 2020-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

656 
WHUS42 KTAE 090828
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
328 AM EST Sun Feb 9 2020

FLZ108-112-091630-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0013.200209T1500Z-200210T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
328 AM EST Sun Feb 9 2020 /228 AM CST Sun Feb 9 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning 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
Feb 9, 2:04 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE28 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.