Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 66, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jul 29, 2020, 3:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 49 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 29, 2020, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 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 08:16 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, 8.2 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
- 846 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 735 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
613 WHUS42 KTAE 291631 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1231 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2020 FLZ115-300900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-200730T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1231 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-300900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-200730T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1231 PM EDT Wed Jul 29 2020 /1131 AM CDT Wed Jul 29 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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. && $$
139 WHUS42 KTAE 300818 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 418 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020 FLZ108-112-310900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-200731T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 418 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020 /318 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-115-300930- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-200730T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 418 AM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020 /318 AM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT /4 AM CDT/ EARLY THIS MORNING... * 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. && $$
798 WHUS42 KTAE 301749 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 149 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020 FLZ114-310900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0067.200730T1749Z-200731T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 149 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020 /1249 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-310900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0066.000000T0000Z-200731T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 149 PM EDT Thu Jul 30 2020 /1249 PM CDT Thu Jul 30 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS 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 29, 1:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes, Walton | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 2:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 5:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Jackson | 64 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.