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Rip Current Statement 10, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 26, 2021, 3:30 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 69 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 26, 2021, 3:30 AM CST (09:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 69 hr
- 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 09:31 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, 9.5 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
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
212 WHUS42 KTAE 260930 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 430 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-270900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0010.210126T0930Z-210127T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 430 AM EST Tue Jan 26 2021 /330 AM CST Tue Jan 26 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
876 WHUS42 KTAE 270730 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 230 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-271530- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-210129T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 230 AM EST Wed Jan 27 2021 /130 AM CST Wed Jan 27 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Thursday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
659 WHUS42 KTAE 281110 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 610 AM EST Thu Jan 28 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-281915- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0010.000000T0000Z-210129T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 610 AM EST Thu Jan 28 2021 /510 AM CST Thu Jan 28 2021/ ...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 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 6:46 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Jan 26, 7:47 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 58 min | |
| Jan 26, 7:59 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | TAE | Walton | 3 hr |
| Jan 26, 8:48 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Washington | 57 min |
| Jan 26, 9:46 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 59 min |
| Jan 26, 11:55 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| Jan 26, 2:53 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr | |
| Jan 26, 3:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf | 57 min |
| Jan 26, 4:13 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Jan 26, 4:54 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 96 min | |
| Jan 26, 5:01 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin, Gulf, Wakulla | 44 min |
| Jan 26, 5:48 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf, Wakulla | 57 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.