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Rip Current Statement 78, NWS Tallahassee, FL

September 6, 2020Bay County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 6, 2020, 9:21 AM CDT for Bay County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2020, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2020, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Bay County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 2020-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 687 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 12:00Z on 2020-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
687 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

745 
WHUS42 KTAE 061421
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1021 AM EDT Sun Sep 6 2020

FLZ112-070200-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0078.200906T1421Z-200907T0200Z/
Coastal Bay-
1021 AM EDT Sun Sep 6 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM EDT 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
Sep 6, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE36 min
Sep 6, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE45 min
Sep 6, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE47 min
Sep 6, 5:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie42 min
Sep 6, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette44 min
Sep 6, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie50 min
Sep 6, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE58 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.