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Rip Current Statement 28, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 28, 2020, 9:19 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 38 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 28, 2020, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 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 14:19 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, 2.3 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
- 1316 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
724 WHUS42 KTAE 281419 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1019 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 FLZ108-112-282230- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0028.200328T1419Z-200330T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1019 AM EDT Sat Mar 28 2020 /919 AM CDT Sat Mar 28 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly winds of 10 to 20 mph will build surf heights 2 to 4 feet leading to a high risk of rip currents. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
703 WHUS42 KTAE 291617 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1217 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020 FLZ108-112-300400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0028.000000T0000Z-200330T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1217 PM EDT Sun Mar 29 2020 /1117 AM CDT Sun Mar 29 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southerly winds of 10 to 20 mph will build surf heights 2 to 4 feet leading to a high risk of rip currents. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 4:23 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.