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Rip Current Statement 115, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Nov 26, 2021, 2:59 AM CST for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Nov 26, 2021, 8:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 26, 2021, 2:59 AM CST (08:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 26, 2021, 8:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Nov 26, 2021, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 1326 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
513 WHUS42 KTAE 260859 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 359 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 FLZ115-261000- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0114.000000T0000Z-211126T1000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 359 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK HAS ENDED ALONG FRANKLIN COUNTY BEACHES... $$ FLZ114-270500- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0115.211126T1400Z-211127T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf- 359 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 /259 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches, especially west-facing beaches of the Saint Joseph Peninsula. * WHEN...From 9 AM EST /8 AM CST/ this morning through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
2 follow-up statements
418 WHUS42 KTAE 261345 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 845 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 FLZ114-270500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0115.211126T1400Z-211127T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf- 845 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 /745 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches, especially west-facing beaches of the Saint Joseph Peninsula. * 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. && $$ DVD
602 WHUS42 KTAE 261635 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1135 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 FLZ114-270500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0115.000000T0000Z-211127T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1135 AM EST Fri Nov 26 2021 /1035 AM CST Fri Nov 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches, especially west-facing beaches of the Saint Joseph Peninsula. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 26, 2:53 AM CST | Frost Advisory | TAE | Bay, Dixie, Franklin, Gulf, Jefferson, Lafayette and 4 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:53 AM CST | Freeze Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Holmes, Jackson, Leon, Wakulla and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:56 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 12 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.