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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 23, 2020Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 23, 2020, 2:24 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Jun 23, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2020, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 23, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 4:00 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 07:26 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, 7.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 397 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 2020-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
397 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1116 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

043 
WHUS42 KTAE 230724
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
324 AM EDT Tue Jun 23 2020

FLZ108-112-114-240900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0053.200623T1200Z-200624T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
324 AM EDT Tue Jun 23 2020 /224 AM CDT Tue Jun 23 2020/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

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

* WHEN...This morning 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 10:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Jackson42 min
Jun 23, 10:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELiberty19 min
Jun 23, 10:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Jackson, Leon46 min
Jun 23, 11:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty30 min
Jun 23, 11:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla61 min
Jun 23, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Taylor, Wakulla48 min
Jun 23, 12:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Taylor31 min
Jun 23, 12:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton53 min
Jun 23, 12:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEMadison46 min
Jun 23, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton, Washington29 min
Jun 23, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington60 min
Jun 23, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE53 min
Jun 23, 1:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington34 min
Jun 23, 2:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay, Calhoun, Gadsden60 min
Jun 23, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGadsden, Jefferson, Leon43 min
Jun 23, 3:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAECalhoun, Liberty48 min
Jun 23, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Leon48 min
Jun 23, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon, Liberty, Wakulla60 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison50 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.