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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 30, 2020, 1:49 PM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Mar 31, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2020, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 31, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- 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 18:54 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, 6.8 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
- 1732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
485 WHUS42 KTAE 301849 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 249 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2020 FLZ108-112-114-010400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.200331T1200Z-200401T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 249 PM EDT Mon Mar 30 2020 /149 PM CDT Mon Mar 30 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Southwest winds of 20 to 30 mph will build surf heights up to 5 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
010 WHUS42 KTAE 310723 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 323 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020 FLZ115-010400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0029.200331T1200Z-200401T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 323 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * SURF...2 to 3 feet. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-010400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0029.200331T1200Z-200401T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 323 AM EDT Tue Mar 31 2020 /223 AM CDT Tue Mar 31 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From Tuesday morning through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * SURF...4 to 6 feet. 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 30, 5:04 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:12 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:45 PM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 44 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.