Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 23, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 2, 2020, 12:44 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2020, 12:44 AM CST (06:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 06:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 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
- 2240 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
347 WHUS42 KTAE 020644 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 144 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-040900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0023.200302T0644Z-200304T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 144 AM EST Mon Mar 2 2020 /1244 AM CST Mon Mar 2 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * 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. && $$ DVD
5 follow-up statements
131 WHUS42 KTAE 030746 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 246 AM EST Tue Mar 3 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-040900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200304T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 246 AM EST Tue Mar 3 2020 /146 AM CST Tue Mar 3 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ DVD
927 WHUS42 KTAE 031720 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1220 PM EST Tue Mar 3 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-041830- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200305T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1220 PM EST Tue Mar 3 2020 /1120 AM CST Tue Mar 3 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Wednesday night. * 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. && $$
400 WHUS42 KTAE 040859 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 359 AM EST Wed Mar 4 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-050600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200306T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 359 AM EST Wed Mar 4 2020 /259 AM CST Wed Mar 4 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
989 WHUS42 KTAE 050242 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 942 PM EST Wed Mar 4 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-051600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200306T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 942 PM EST Wed Mar 4 2020 /842 PM CST Wed Mar 4 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * 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. && $$
056 WHUS42 KTAE 050749 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 249 AM EST Thu Mar 5 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-060600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0023.000000T0000Z-200306T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 249 AM EST Thu Mar 5 2020 /149 AM CST Thu Mar 5 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.