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Rip Current Statement 73, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Aug 31, 2020, 12:37 PM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2020, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2020, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 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 17:39 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, 5.6 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
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
906 WHUS42 KTAE 311737 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 137 PM EDT Mon Aug 31 2020 FLZ108-112-114-010145- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0073.200831T1737Z-200901T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 137 PM EDT Mon Aug 31 2020 /1237 PM CDT Mon Aug 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 9:06 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 54 min | |
| Aug 31, 9:39 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 31, 9:53 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 97 min | |
| Aug 31, 1:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 53 min |
| Aug 31, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 50 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.