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Rip Current Statement 84, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Sep 23, 2020, 11:48 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Sep 23, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2020, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 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 16:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
299 WHUS42 KTAE 231648 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1248 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-240900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0084.200923T1800Z-200926T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1248 PM EDT Wed Sep 23 2020 /1148 AM CDT Wed Sep 23 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
775 WHUS42 KTAE 241603 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1203 PM EDT Thu Sep 24 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-251200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0084.000000T0000Z-200926T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1203 PM EDT Thu Sep 24 2020 /1103 AM CDT Thu Sep 24 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Friday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A few strong to severe storms are possible today, especially along the Panhandle. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
433 WHUS42 KTAE 250950 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 550 AM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-260500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0084.000000T0000Z-200926T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 550 AM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 /450 AM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and 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. && $$
715 WHUS42 KTAE 251920 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 320 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-260330- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0084.000000T0000Z-200926T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 320 PM EDT Fri Sep 25 2020 /220 PM CDT Fri Sep 25 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT /MIDNIGHT CDT/ SATURDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.