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Rip Current Statement 62, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 11, 2020, 2:02 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Jul 11, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 11, 2020, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 11, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
869 WHUS42 KTAE 110702 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 302 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020 FLZ114-111515- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0062.200711T1200Z-200712T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 302 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020 /202 AM CDT Sat Jul 11 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...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
308 WHUS42 KTAE 111509 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1109 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020 FLZ114-120600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0062.000000T0000Z-200712T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1109 AM EDT Sat Jul 11 2020 /1009 AM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches north of the rocks. * WHEN...From 8 AM EDT /7 AM CDT/ this morning through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 1:17 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 8 more | 17 hr |
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.