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Rip Current Statement 24, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 7, 2020, 1:19 AM CST for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 71 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2020, 1:19 AM CST (07:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 71 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 349 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
- 2680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
932 WHUS42 KTAE 070719 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 219 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 FLZ115-080900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0024.200307T0719Z-200308T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 219 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
527 WHUS42 KTAE 080712 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 312 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 FLZ108-112-090900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200309T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 312 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 /112 AM CST Sun Mar 8 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-090900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200309T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 312 AM EDT Sun Mar 8 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
634 WHUS42 KTAE 090844 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 444 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2020 FLZ108-112-115-100600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0024.000000T0000Z-200310T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 444 AM EDT Mon Mar 9 2020 /344 AM CDT Mon Mar 9 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:43 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 24 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.