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Rip Current Statement 127, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Dec 25, 2021, 2:35 AM CST for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Dec 25, 2021, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 26 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 25, 2021, 2:35 AM CST (08:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2021, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2021, 10:40 AM CST
- In force
- 26 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:35 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 2606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
767 WHUS42 KTAE 250835 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 335 AM EST Sat Dec 25 2021 FLZ108-112-114-251645- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0127.211225T1500Z-211226T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 335 AM EST Sat Dec 25 2021 /235 AM CST Sat Dec 25 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and west-facing Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...From 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ this morning 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
079 WHUS42 KTAE 260759 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 259 AM EST Sun Dec 26 2021 FLZ108-112-260900- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0127.000000T0000Z-211226T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 159 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... The rip current risk for Walton and Bay Counties today is expected to be moderate. Beachgoers should monitor and heed local beach flags. $$ FLZ114-261600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0127.000000T0000Z-211227T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 259 AM EST Sun Dec 26 2021 /159 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...West-facing Gulf 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. && $$
776 WHUS42 KTAE 261640 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1140 AM EST Sun Dec 26 2021 FLZ114-261745- /O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0127.000000T0000Z-211227T0900Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1140 AM EST Sun Dec 26 2021 /1040 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED... $$ FLZ108-270100- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0128.211226T1640Z-211227T0600Z/ South Walton- 1040 AM CST Sun Dec 26 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Red flags are flying today at Walton County beaches. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 11:41 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Dixie, Gadsden, Jefferson, Lafayette, Leon, Madison and 2 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.