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Rip Current Statement 14, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 15, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 15, 2021, 1:11 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 41 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2021, 1:11 AM CST (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2021, 6:00 PM CST
In force
41 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 07:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

820 
WHUS42 KTAE 150711
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
211 AM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

FLZ108-112-114-115-170000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0014.210215T0711Z-210217T0000Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
211 AM EST Mon Feb 15 2021 /111 AM CST Mon Feb 15 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Tuesday 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 1:16 AM CSTSmall Craft AdvisoryTAE29 hr
Feb 15, 12:35 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Feb 15, 12:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEWalton67 min
Feb 15, 1:12 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE3 hr
Feb 15, 1:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington54 min
Feb 15, 1:39 PM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryTAEHolmes, Walton20 hr
Feb 15, 1:43 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor62 min
Feb 15, 2:02 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington28 min
Feb 15, 2:22 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Calhoun, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson, Liberty and 1 more53 min
Feb 15, 2:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEMadison55 min
Feb 15, 2:39 PM CSTTornado WarningTAELafayette21 min
Feb 15, 2:41 PM CSTTornado WarningTAEBay, Jackson, Washington12 min
Feb 15, 3:03 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAECalhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla57 min
Feb 15, 3:25 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE2 hr
Feb 15, 4:11 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEJefferson, Madison, Taylor64 min
Feb 15, 4:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAELafayette, Madison, Taylor26 min
Feb 15, 5:22 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE38 min
Feb 15, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEDixie35 min
Feb 15, 5:56 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE34 min

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.