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Rip Current Statement 57, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 2, 2020Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 2, 2020, 2:41 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 2, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2020, 2:41 AM CDT (07:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 2, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 2, 2020, 10:32 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:43 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2020-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2020-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

170 
WHUS42 KTAE 020741
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
341 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020

FLZ112-030000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0057.200702T1200Z-200703T0000Z/
Coastal Bay-
341 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 8 AM EDT 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
214 
WHUS42 KTAE 021532
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1132 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020

FLZ112-021645-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0057.000000T0000Z-200703T0000Z/
Coastal Bay-
1132 AM EDT Thu Jul 2 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

Rip current conditions have been below forecast so the high rip 
current risk has been cancelled for today.

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 7:42 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE63 min
Jul 2, 8:40 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE95 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.