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Rip Current Statement 64, NWS Tallahassee, FL

July 26, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 26, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT (06:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
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 06:00 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, 6.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 405 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 00:00Z on 2020-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
405 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1790 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

700 
WHUS42 KTAE 260600
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
200 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2020

FLZ108-112-114-115-261400-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0064.200726T0600Z-200727T0000Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
200 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2020 /100 AM CDT Sun Jul 26 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 12:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay49 min
Jul 26, 12:38 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE67 min
Jul 26, 12:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington47 min
Jul 26, 1:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton51 min
Jul 26, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton52 min
Jul 26, 1:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Walton36 min
Jul 26, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEHolmes, Walton24 min
Jul 26, 2:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes49 min

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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.