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Rip Current Statement 90, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 24, 2020, 2:21 AM CDT for Bay County, Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 24, 2020, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 761 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1013 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
814 WHUS42 KTAE 240721 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 321 AM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 FLZ115-250700- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-201024T0700Z/ /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0090.201024T0721Z-201025T0700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 321 AM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$ FLZ108-240830- /O.EXP.KTAE.RP.S.0089.000000T0000Z-201024T0700Z/ South Walton- 221 AM CDT Sat Oct 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS EXPIRED... $$
2 follow-up statements
691 WHUS42 KTAE 241635 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1235 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 FLZ108-112-250045- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0090.000000T0000Z-201025T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1235 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 /1135 AM CDT Sat Oct 24 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay 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. && $$ FLZ115-250045- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0090.000000T0000Z-201025T0700Z/ Coastal Franklin- 1235 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
402 WHUS42 KTAE 250102 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 902 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 FLZ108-112-115-250700- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0090.000000T0000Z-201025T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Franklin- 902 PM EDT Sat Oct 24 2020 /802 PM CDT Sat Oct 24 2020/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM EDT /2 AM CDT/ SUNDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Oct 24, 12:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 108 min |
| Oct 24, 1:02 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 118 min | |
| Oct 24, 2:27 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Oct 24, 2:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun | 113 min |
Nearby
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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.