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Rip Current Statement 16, NWS Tallahassee, FL

February 20, 2021Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 20, 2021, 9:53 AM CST for Bay County, Franklin County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2021, 9:53 AM CST (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2021, 11:00 PM CST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Franklin County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 2021-02-20Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -103 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
2880 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

566 
WHUS42 KTAE 201553
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1053 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021

FLZ112-114-115-210000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0016.210220T1553Z-210221T0500Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
1053 AM EST Sat Feb 20 2021 /953 AM CST Sat Feb 20 2021/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 7:55 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningTAEHamilton, Madison8 days

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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.