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Rip Current Statement 60, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 9, 2020, 2:26 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2020, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:30 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
- 530 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
990 WHUS42 KTAE 090726 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 326 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 FLZ112-114-100400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0060.200709T0726Z-200710T0400Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 326 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 /226 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
082 WHUS42 KTAE 091554 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1154 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 FLZ112-091700- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0060.000000T0000Z-200710T0400Z/ Coastal Bay- 1154 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ114-100400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0060.000000T0000Z-200710T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1154 AM EDT Thu Jul 9 2020 /1054 AM CDT Thu Jul 9 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 24 min | |
| Jul 9, 4:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 27 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.