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Rip Current Statement 98, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 27, 2020Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 27, 2020, 2:00 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2020, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 27, 2020, 11:00 PM CST
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2020-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2020-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

606 
WHUS42 KTAE 270800
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
300 AM EST Fri Nov 27 2020

FLZ108-112-114-280500-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0098.201127T0800Z-201128T0500Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
300 AM EST Fri Nov 27 2020 /200 AM CST Fri Nov 27 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, and South Facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 26, 8:29 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryTAEBay, Calhoun, Dixie, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf and 10 more12 hr
Nov 26, 8:31 PM CSTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryTAE12 hr

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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.