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Rip Current Statement 58, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 6, 2020, 10:55 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2020, 10:55 AM CDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 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 15:54 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, 3.9 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
781 WHUS42 KTAE 061555 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1155 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020 FLZ108-112-114-070800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0058.200706T1555Z-200708T0100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1155 AM EDT Mon Jul 6 2020 /1055 AM CDT Mon Jul 6 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Tuesday 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
553 WHUS42 KTAE 070650 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 250 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 FLZ108-112-114-080100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-200708T0100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 250 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 /150 AM CDT Tue Jul 7 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches north of the rocks. * WHEN...Through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
187 WHUS42 KTAE 071530 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1130 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 FLZ108-112-114-080100- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0058.000000T0000Z-200708T0100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1130 AM EDT Tue Jul 7 2020 /1030 AM CDT Tue Jul 7 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches north of the rocks. * WHEN...Through the 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:14 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 5, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 5, 10:06 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr |
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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.