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Rip Current Statement 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL

November 24, 2021Franklin County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 24, 2021, 4:56 AM EST for Franklin County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2021, 4:56 AM EST (09:56 UTC)
Expired
Nov 25, 2021, 12:00 AM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Franklin County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL (KVPS), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 102 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-11-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Eglin AFB/Valpar, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -69 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

474 
WHUS42 KTAE 240956
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
456 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

FLZ108-115-241800-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0113.211124T0956Z-211125T0500Z/
South Walton-Coastal Franklin-
456 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021 /356 AM CST Wed Nov 24 2021/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Franklin 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
974 
WHUS42 KTAE 241622
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1122 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

FLZ108-115-250500-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0113.000000T0000Z-211125T0500Z/
South Walton-Coastal Franklin-
1122 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021 /1022 AM CST Wed Nov 24 2021/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Franklin 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 24, 6:41 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE4 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.