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Rip Current Statement 63, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 22, 2020, 2:39 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jul 22, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2020, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 22, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 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
- 1788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1341 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -0.6
The text
As transmitted.
952 WHUS42 KTAE 220739 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 339 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 FLZ115-230400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0063.200722T1200Z-200723T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 339 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
283 WHUS42 KTAE 221548 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1148 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 FLZ112-114-230800- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-200725T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1148 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 /1048 AM CDT Wed Jul 22 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-230800- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-200725T0500Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1148 AM EDT Wed Jul 22 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$
612 WHUS42 KTAE 230722 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 322 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2020 FLZ108-240900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-200725T0500Z/ South Walton- 222 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-114-115-240900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-200725T0500Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 322 AM EDT Thu Jul 23 2020 /222 AM CDT Thu Jul 23 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Bay, Franklin and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$
339 WHUS42 KTAE 240615 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 215 AM EDT Fri Jul 24 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-250900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-200726T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 215 AM EDT Fri Jul 24 2020 /115 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Saturday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
391 WHUS42 KTAE 250630 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 230 AM EDT Sat Jul 25 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-260500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0063.000000T0000Z-200726T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 230 AM EDT Sat Jul 25 2020 /130 AM CDT Sat Jul 25 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...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 22, 12:47 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jul 22, 12:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 45 min |
| Jul 22, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 42 min | |
| Jul 22, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 1:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jul 22, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 69 min |
| Jul 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 1 more | 93 min |
| Jul 22, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 22, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Leon and 2 more | 80 min |
| Jul 22, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 22, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 69 min |
| Jul 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 88 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.