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Rip Current Statement 26, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 11, 2020, 10:16 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2020, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2020, 4:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
132 WHUS42 KTAE 111516 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1116 AM EDT Wed Mar 11 2020 FLZ108-112-112330- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0026.200311T1516Z-200312T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1116 AM EDT Wed Mar 11 2020 /1016 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
844 WHUS42 KTAE 111616 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1216 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2020 FLZ108-111730- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-200312T1000Z/ South Walton- 1116 AM CDT Wed Mar 11 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED. HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK CONTINUES FOR BAY COUNTY... $$ FLZ112-120030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-200312T1000Z/ Coastal Bay- 1216 PM EDT Wed Mar 11 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
966 WHUS42 KTAE 120902 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 502 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2020 FLZ112-121015- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0026.000000T0000Z-200312T1000Z/ Coastal Bay- 502 AM EDT Thu Mar 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK FOR BAY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The high rip current risk for Bay county has been cancelled. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:24 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 2:27 AM CDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 11 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.