Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2020
Rip Current Statement 99, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 5:36 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 114 min | |
| Nov 29, 5:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 40 min | |
| Nov 29, 5:54 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 51 min |
| Nov 29, 5:57 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 33 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.