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Rip Current Statement 99, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 29, 20204 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 29, 2020, 1:22 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2020, 1:22 AM CST (07:22 UTC)
Expired
Nov 30, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

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

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 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 2020-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -3 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

211 
WHUS42 KTAE 290722
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
222 AM EST Sun Nov 29 2020

FLZ108-112-114-291530-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0099.201129T0722Z-201130T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
222 AM EST Sun Nov 29 2020 /122 AM CST Sun Nov 29 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
049 
WHUS42 KTAE 291832
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
132 PM EST Sun Nov 29 2020

FLZ115-300600-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0099.000000T0000Z-201130T0600Z/
Coastal Franklin-
132 PM EST Sun Nov 29 2020

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST MONDAY...

* 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-112-114-300600-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0099.000000T0000Z-201130T0600Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
132 PM EST Sun Nov 29 2020 /1232 PM CST Sun Nov 29 2020/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY...

* 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 29, 5:36 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE114 min
Nov 29, 5:45 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE40 min
Nov 29, 5:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton51 min
Nov 29, 5:57 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla33 min

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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.