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Rip Current Statement 111, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 22, 2021, 2:00 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 2021, 2:00 AM CST (08:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 22 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 08:02 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, 8.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
174 WHUS42 KTAE 220800 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 300 AM EST Mon Nov 22 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-221600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0111.211122T0800Z-211123T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 300 AM EST Mon Nov 22 2021 /200 AM CST Mon Nov 22 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
021 WHUS42 KTAE 221917 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 217 PM EST Mon Nov 22 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-230600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0111.000000T0000Z-211123T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 217 PM EST Mon Nov 22 2021 /117 PM CST Mon Nov 22 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TUESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 1:44 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 37 hr | |
| Nov 22, 5:45 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| Nov 22, 7:14 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 46 min |
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.