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Rip Current Statement 47, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 26, 2020, 2:25 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2020, 2:25 AM CDT (07:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 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 07:28 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, 7.4 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
951 WHUS42 KTAE 260725 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 325 AM EDT Tue May 26 2020 FLZ108-115-270000- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0047.200526T0725Z-200527T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 325 AM EDT Tue May 26 2020 /225 AM CDT Tue May 26 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Franklin 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
563 WHUS42 KTAE 261427 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1027 AM EDT Tue May 26 2020 FLZ112-114-262230- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-200527T0000Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1027 AM EDT Tue May 26 2020 /927 AM CDT Tue May 26 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-115-262230- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0047.000000T0000Z-200527T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Franklin- 1027 AM EDT Tue May 26 2020 /927 AM CDT Tue May 26 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.