Alert archive / Florida / Rip Current Statements in 2021
Rip Current Statement 15, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 17, 2021, 10:49 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 17, 2021, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 58 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 17, 2021, 10:49 AM CST (16:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2021, 1:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 19, 2021, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 58 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1197 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
909 WHUS42 KTAE 171649 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1149 AM EST Wed Feb 17 2021 FLZ108-112-180945- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0015.210217T1900Z-210220T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 1149 AM EST Wed Feb 17 2021 /1049 AM CST Wed Feb 17 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
619 WHUS42 KTAE 180813 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 313 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 FLZ114-115-190900- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210220T0500Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 313 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 /213 AM CST Thu Feb 18 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-190900- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210220T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 313 AM EST Thu Feb 18 2021 /213 AM CST Thu Feb 18 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday 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. && $$
052 WHUS42 KTAE 190742 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 242 AM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-200500- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210220T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 242 AM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 /142 AM CST Fri Feb 19 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
542 WHUS42 KTAE 191621 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1121 AM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-200000- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0015.000000T0000Z-210220T0500Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1121 AM EST Fri Feb 19 2021 /1021 AM CST Fri Feb 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 Friday 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 1:12 AM CST | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 3 days | |
| Feb 17, 10:56 AM CST | River Flood Warning | TAE | Leon, Liberty, Wakulla | 47 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.