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Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 9, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 9, 2020, 3:53 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 9, 2020, 3:53 AM CST (09:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2020, 3:00 AM CST
In force
4 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 09:52 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, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-11-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-11-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1218 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

591 
WHUS42 KTAE 090953
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
453 AM EST Mon Nov 9 2020

FLZ115-091800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0095.201109T0953Z-201111T1000Z/
Coastal Franklin-
453 AM EST Mon Nov 9 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night, and likely beyond that for
  the rest of the week as tropical storm Eta approches.

* 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
681 
WHUS42 KTAE 091754
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1254 PM EST Mon Nov 9 2020

FLZ115-111000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-201111T1000Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1254 PM EST Mon Nov 9 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Tuesday night, and likely beyond that for 
  the rest of the week as tropical storm Eta approches.

* 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.

&&

$$
429 
WHUS42 KTAE 101756
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1256 PM EST Tue Nov 10 2020

FLZ112-114-111000-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-201111T1000Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1256 PM EST Tue Nov 10 2020 /1156 AM CST Tue Nov 10 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and South-facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight, and likely beyond that for the 
  rest of the week as tropical storm Eta approaches.

* 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.

&&

$$

FLZ115-111000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-201111T1000Z/
Coastal Franklin-
1256 PM EST Tue Nov 10 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late tonight, and likely beyond that for the 
  rest of the week as tropical storm Eta approaches.

* 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.

&&

$$
435 
WHUS42 KTAE 110656
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
156 AM EST Wed Nov 11 2020

FLZ108-130900-
/O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-201113T0900Z/
South Walton-
1256 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... 

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Thursday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ112-114-115-130900-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-201113T0900Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
156 AM EST Wed Nov 11 2020 /1256 AM CST Wed Nov 11 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through late Thursday 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.

&&

$$

DVD
969 
WHUS42 KTAE 120828
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
328 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020

FLZ108-112-114-115-130900-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0095.000000T0000Z-201113T0900Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
328 AM EST Thu Nov 12 2020 /228 AM CST Thu Nov 12 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* 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.

&&

$$

DVD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 9, 3:32 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE33 hr

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2020Every rip current statement in 2020

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.