Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2021

Rip Current Statement 107, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 12, 2021Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 12, 2021, 3:34 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 12, 2021, 3:34 AM CST (09:34 UTC)
Expired
Nov 13, 2021, 10:00 PM CST
In force
42 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 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 2021-11-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-11-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

731 
WHUS42 KTAE 120934
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
434 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

FLZ114-122045-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0107.211112T0934Z-211113T0500Z/
Coastal Gulf-
434 AM EST Fri Nov 12 2021 /334 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
269 
WHUS42 KTAE 121711
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1211 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

FLZ114-130500-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-211113T0500Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1211 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021 /1111 AM CST Fri Nov 12 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
/11 PM CST/ TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until midnight EST /11 PM CST/ 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.

&&

$$

DVD
232 
WHUS42 KTAE 122336
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
636 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021

FLZ114-140400-
/O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-211114T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
636 PM EST Fri Nov 12 2021 /536 PM CST Fri Nov 12 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
227 
WHUS42 KTAE 130713
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
213 AM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

FLZ112-131515-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-211114T0400Z/
Coastal Bay-
113 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$

FLZ114-131515-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-211114T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
213 AM EST Sat Nov 13 2021 /113 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...West-Facing Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$
022 
WHUS42 KTAE 131756 
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1256 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

FLZ112-114-140400-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-211114T0400Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1256 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021 /1156 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST /10 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through this evening.

* 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.

&&

$$

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.