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Rip Current Statement 43, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 18, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2020, 4:11 AM CDT (09:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1558 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
922 WHUS42 KTAE 180911 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 511 AM EDT Mon May 18 2020 FLZ108-190300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0043.200518T0911Z-200519T0600Z/ South Walton- 411 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
318 WHUS42 KTAE 181606 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1206 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 FLZ112-114-190600- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-200519T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1206 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 /1106 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-190600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0043.000000T0000Z-200519T0600Z/ South Walton- 1106 AM CDT Mon May 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| May 17, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| May 18, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 88 min | |
| May 18, 12:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 65 min |
| May 18, 1:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 25 min |
| May 18, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 31 min |
| May 18, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 30 min |
| May 18, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 24 min |
| May 18, 12:04 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 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.