Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 4, 2020, 1:09 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 46 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 4, 2020, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2020, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 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 07:10 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, 7.2 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
- 745 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.4
The text
As transmitted.
881 WHUS42 KTAE 040709 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 209 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-051000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0003.200104T0709Z-200105T1000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 209 AM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 /109 AM CST Sat Jan 4 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
458 WHUS42 KTAE 041957 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 257 PM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-051200- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200105T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 257 PM EST Sat Jan 4 2020 /157 PM CST Sat Jan 4 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
251 WHUS42 KTAE 050840 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 340 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 FLZ108-112-114-060500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200106T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 340 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 /240 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * 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. && $$ FLZ115-051200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200105T1200Z/ Coastal Franklin- 340 AM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through early this morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
958 WHUS42 KTAE 051712 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1212 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 FLZ108-112-051815- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200106T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1212 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 /1112 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The threat of dangerous rip currents has diminished across Walton and Bay counties this morning. $$ FLZ114-060115- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-200106T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1212 PM EST Sun Jan 5 2020 /1112 AM CST Sun Jan 5 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 12:19 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Jan 4, 1:11 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 29 hr | |
| Jan 4, 1:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Jan 4, 3:13 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 47 min |
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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.