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Rip Current Statement 65, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 28, 2020, 10:52 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2020, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2020, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 949 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
083 WHUS42 KTAE 281552 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1152 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 FLZ108-112-114-290800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0065.200728T1552Z-200729T0800Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1152 AM EDT Tue Jul 28 2020 /1052 AM CDT Tue Jul 28 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
605 WHUS42 KTAE 290812 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 412 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2020 FLZ108-112-114-300900- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0065.000000T0000Z-200729T0800Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0066.200729T0812Z-200730T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 412 AM EDT Wed Jul 29 2020 /312 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 10:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 63 min | |
| Jul 28, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 43 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.