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Rip Current Statement 34, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 19, 2020, 2:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Apr 19, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 47 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2020, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2020, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 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 07:51 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, 7.8 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
- 355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
343 WHUS42 KTAE 190747 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 347 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-201200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0034.200419T1200Z-200420T1200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 347 AM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 /247 AM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS MORNING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through Monday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Severe storms are expected today and overnight tonight. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
743 WHUS42 KTAE 191930 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 330 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-211100- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-200421T1100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 330 PM EDT Sun Apr 19 2020 /230 PM CDT Sun Apr 19 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
461 WHUS42 KTAE 200858 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 458 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-210600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-200421T1100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 458 AM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 /358 AM CDT Mon Apr 20 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
626 WHUS42 KTAE 201950 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 350 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-211100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0034.000000T0000Z-200421T1100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 350 PM EDT Mon Apr 20 2020 /250 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 9:30 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 28 hr | |
| Apr 19, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min | |
| Apr 19, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 62 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.