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Rip Current Statement 70, NWS Tallahassee, FL

August 15, 2020Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 15, 2020, 2:22 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 2020, 2:22 AM CDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2020, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
26 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 07:25 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, 7.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2272 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 2020-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
2272 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

695 
WHUS42 KTAE 150722
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
322 AM EDT Sat Aug 15 2020

FLZ108-112-114-160900-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0070.200815T0722Z-200816T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
322 AM EDT Sat Aug 15 2020 /222 AM CDT Sat Aug 15 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 7:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE108 min
Aug 15, 9:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE49 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.