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Rip Current Statement 79, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 12, 2020, 2:46 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 12, 2020, 2:46 AM CDT (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2020, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 782 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
058 WHUS42 KTAE 120746 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 346 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 FLZ115-130400- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0079.200912T0746Z-200913T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 346 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
757 WHUS42 KTAE 121431 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1031 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 FLZ112-130400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-200913T0400Z/ Coastal Bay- 1031 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-130400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-200913T0400Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1031 AM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through 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. && $$
966 WHUS42 KTAE 121829 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 229 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 FLZ114-130400- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-200913T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 229 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 /129 PM CDT Sat Sep 12 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ112-115-130400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0079.000000T0000Z-200913T0400Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 229 PM EDT Sat Sep 12 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 9:49 PM CDT | Tropical Storm Watch | TAE | Bay, Franklin, Gulf, Walton | 66 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 40 min |
| Sep 12, 1:55 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 5 days |
| Sep 12, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson | 44 min |
| Sep 12, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Madison | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 2:43 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 92 min | |
| Sep 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Leon | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 49 min |
| Sep 12, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 32 min |
| Sep 12, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 51 min | |
| Sep 12, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 43 min |
| Sep 12, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty, Wakulla | 48 min |
| Sep 12, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Liberty | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 38 min | |
| Sep 12, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay, Gulf | 38 min |
| Sep 12, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 94 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Gulf | 54 min |
| Sep 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 86 min | |
| Sep 12, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 49 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.