Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 1, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 3, 2021, 1:28 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 3, 2021, 1:28 AM CST (07:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 4, 2021, 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, 7.5 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 471 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
780 WHUS42 KTAE 030728 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 228 AM EST Sun Jan 3 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-031530- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0001.210103T0728Z-210104T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 228 AM EST Sun Jan 3 2021 /128 AM CST Sun Jan 3 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
542 WHUS42 KTAE 031840 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 140 PM EST Sun Jan 3 2021 FLZ108-031945- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210104T0600Z/ South Walton- 1240 PM CST Sun Jan 3 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK AT WALTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... Observations and collaboration with local beach officials, where yellow flags are currently flying, suggest that the rip current risk has been downgraded to moderate. $$ FLZ112-114-115-040245- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0001.000000T0000Z-210104T0600Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 140 PM EST Sun Jan 3 2021 /1240 PM CST Sun Jan 3 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2:07 PM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty | 25 hr |
Nearby
Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021
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.