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Rip Current Statement 6, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 13, 2020Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 13, 2020, 10:46 AM CST for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 13, 2020, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 13, 2020, 7:00 PM CST
In force
8 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 16:49 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, 4.8 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 12:00Z on 2020-01-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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 12:00Z on 2020-01-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted.

634 
WHUS42 KTAE 131646
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1146 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

FLZ112-140100-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0006.200113T1646Z-200114T0100Z/
Coastal Bay-
1146 AM EST Mon Jan 13 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 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
Jan 12, 6:26 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 9 more14 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.