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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL

May 25, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 25, 2020, 2:15 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at May 25, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2020, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
In effect from
May 25, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 25, 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 07:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

502 
WHUS42 KTAE 250715
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
315 AM EDT Mon May 25 2020

FLZ108-112-114-115-251515-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0046.200525T1200Z-200526T0400Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
315 AM EDT Mon May 25 2020 /215 AM CDT Mon May 25 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 1:36 AM CDTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE29 hr
May 25, 5:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Holmes, Walton, Washington57 min
May 25, 6:17 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 min
May 25, 6:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton39 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.