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Rip Current Statement 123, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 17, 2021, 3:37 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Dec 17, 2021, 7:00 AM CST. It was in force for 64 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 17, 2021, 3:37 AM CST (09:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 17, 2021, 7:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2021, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 64 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 09:40 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
- 123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
080 WHUS42 KTAE 170937 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 437 AM EST Fri Dec 17 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-181015- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0123.211217T1300Z-211218T2300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 437 AM EST Fri Dec 17 2021 /337 AM CST Fri Dec 17 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 8 AM EST /7 AM CST/ this morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A gradual increase in the rip current risk is expected for area beaches over the course of today and Saturday. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
348 WHUS42 KTAE 171628 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1128 AM EST Fri Dec 17 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-180030- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0123.000000T0000Z-211218T2300Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1128 AM EST Fri Dec 17 2021 /1028 AM CST Fri Dec 17 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A gradual increase in the rip current risk is expected for area beaches over the course of today and Saturday. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
794 WHUS42 KTAE 180934 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 434 AM EST Sat Dec 18 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-191000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0123.000000T0000Z-211220T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 434 AM EST Sat Dec 18 2021 /334 AM CST Sat Dec 18 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
948 WHUS42 KTAE 190935 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 435 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-200500- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0123.000000T0000Z-211220T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 435 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021 /335 AM CST Sun Dec 19 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
602 WHUS42 KTAE 191615 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1115 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-200500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0123.000000T0000Z-211220T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1115 AM EST Sun Dec 19 2021 /1015 AM CST Sun Dec 19 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, 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. && $$
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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.