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Rip Current Statement 100, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Oct 26, 2021, 11:17 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2021, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 27, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1309 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
403 WHUS42 KTAE 261617 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1217 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 FLZ114-270600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0100.211026T1617Z-211027T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1217 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 /1117 AM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Red flags are flying in Gulf County north- cape facing and state park beaches. 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
647 WHUS42 KTAE 261902 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 302 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 FLZ114-270315- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.211028T0600Z-211030T1100Z/ /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0100.000000T0000Z-211027T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 302 PM EDT Tue Oct 26 2021 /202 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ THURSDAY TO 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ SATURDAY... * WHAT...For the High Surf Advisory, large breaking waves of 2 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. For the High Rip Current Risk, dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...For the High Surf Advisory, from 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ Thursday to 7 AM EDT /6 AM CDT/ Saturday. For the High Rip Current Risk, until 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-270315- /O.NEW.KTAE.SU.Y.0008.211028T0600Z-211030T1100Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 202 PM CDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Large breaking waves of 2 to 10 feet expected in the surf zone. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...From 1 AM Thursday to 6 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Dangerous swimming and surfing conditions and localized beach erosion. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Inexperienced swimmers should remain out of the water due to dangerous surf conditions. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2:02 PM CDT | High Surf Advisory | TAE | Bay, Gulf, Walton | 4 days |
| Oct 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Gale Watch | TAE | 25 hr |
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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.