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Rip Current Statement 44, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 19, 2020, 2:10 PM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 2020, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 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 19:14 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, 7.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 919 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
957 WHUS42 KTAE 191910 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 310 PM EDT Tue May 19 2020 FLZ108-112-114-201600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0044.200519T1910Z-200521T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 310 PM EDT Tue May 19 2020 /210 PM CDT Tue May 19 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Due to gusty west southwest wind today that is expected to continue into Wednesday, the weather conditions support a high risk for 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
979 WHUS42 KTAE 200754 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 354 AM EDT Wed May 20 2020 FLZ108-112-114-210600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0044.000000T0000Z-200521T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 354 AM EDT Wed May 20 2020 /254 AM CDT Wed May 20 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Wednesday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Taylor | 25 min |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020
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.