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Rip Current Statement 107, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
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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.
- 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
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. && $$
022 WHUS42 KTAE 131756 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1256 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021 FLZ112-114-140400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0107.000000T0000Z-211114T0400Z/ Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 1256 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021 /1156 AM CST Sat Nov 13 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
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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.