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Rip Current Statement 9, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 17, 2020, 2:31 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 17, 2020, 2:31 AM CST (08:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 20, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 08:35 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, 8.5 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
- 37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
457 WHUS42 KTAE 170831 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 331 AM EST Fri Jan 17 2020 FLZ114-115-180900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0009.200117T0831Z-200118T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 331 AM EST Fri Jan 17 2020 /231 AM CST Fri Jan 17 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
974 WHUS42 KTAE 171733 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1233 PM EST Fri Jan 17 2020 FLZ114-171845- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200118T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1233 PM EST Fri Jan 17 2020 /1133 AM CST Fri Jan 17 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... Local beach conditions are consistent with a moderate risk, so the high risk has been dropped. It's important to remember dangerous rip currents are still possible. $$ FLZ115-180900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200118T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1233 PM EST Fri Jan 17 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
365 WHUS42 KTAE 180809 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 309 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2020 FLZ108-112-114-190900- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200119T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 309 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2020 /209 AM CST Sat Jan 18 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ115-190900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200119T0900Z/ Coastal Franklin- 309 AM EST Sat Jan 18 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
972 WHUS42 KTAE 190827 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 327 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2020 FLZ108-112-114-115-200900- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0009.000000T0000Z-200120T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 327 AM EST Sun Jan 19 2020 /227 AM CST Sun Jan 19 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.