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Rip Current Statement 13, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 5, 2021, 8:47 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 39 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2021, 8:47 AM CST (14:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 39 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 14:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 513 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
619 WHUS42 KTAE 051447 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 947 AM EST Fri Feb 5 2021 FLZ108-112-114-060900- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0013.210205T1447Z-210206T0900Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 947 AM EST Fri Feb 5 2021 /847 AM CST Fri Feb 5 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Conditions will improve on 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
480 WHUS42 KTAE 060745 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 245 AM EST Sat Feb 6 2021 FLZ115-070000- /O.EXB.KTAE.RP.S.0013.210206T0900Z-210207T0000Z/ Coastal Franklin- 245 AM EST Sat Feb 6 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-114-070000- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210207T0000Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf- 245 AM EST Sat Feb 6 2021 /145 AM CST Sat Feb 6 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, and Gulf 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. && $$
058 WHUS42 KTAE 061714 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1214 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-070600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0013.000000T0000Z-210207T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1214 PM EST Sat Feb 6 2021 /1114 AM CST Sat Feb 6 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 6:12 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 48 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.