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Rip Current Statement 19, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 25, 2020Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 25, 2020, 10:14 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2020, 10:14 AM CST (16:14 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2020, 1:08 AM CST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 637 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

740 
WHUS42 KTAE 251614
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1114 AM EST Tue Feb 25 2020

FLZ108-112-114-260800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0019.200225T1614Z-200226T0800Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1114 AM EST Tue Feb 25 2020 /1014 AM CST Tue Feb 25 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

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

* WHEN...Through late tonight.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Showers with a slight chance of
  thunderstorms are forecast.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

566 
WHUS42 KTAE 260708
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
208 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2020

FLZ108-112-114-260815-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0019.000000T0000Z-200226T0800Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
208 AM EST Wed Feb 26 2020 /108 AM CST Wed Feb 26 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 6:06 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	39 min
Feb 24, 6:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	47 min
Feb 24, 7:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	35 min
Feb 24, 8:26 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	34 min
Feb 24, 10:27 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	TAE	Bay	2 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.