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Rip Current Statement 113, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 24, 6:41 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 4 hr |
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.