Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 95, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 3:32 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 33 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.