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Rip Current Statement 18, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Feb 28, 2021, 1:33 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Feb 28, 2021, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 66 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2021, 1:33 AM CST (07:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 28, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2021, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 66 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 07:34 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, 7.6 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 908 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
898 WHUS42 KTAE 280733 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 233 AM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-281800- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0018.210228T1200Z-210301T0400Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 233 AM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 /133 AM CST Sun Feb 28 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, South Facing Gulf Beaches and Saint Joseph State Park, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
433 WHUS42 KTAE 010135 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 835 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 FLZ108-112-020600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210302T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 835 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 /735 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-115-010400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210301T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 835 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 /735 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST /10 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...South Facing Gulf Beaches and Saint Joseph State Park, 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. && $$
869 WHUS42 KTAE 010741 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 241 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 FLZ108-112-011545- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210302T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 241 AM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 /141 AM CST Mon Mar 1 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Monday night. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
955 WHUS42 KTAE 020054 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 754 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 FLZ108-112-030600- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210303T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 754 PM EST Mon Mar 1 2021 /654 PM CST Mon Mar 1 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late Tuesday night. * 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. && $$
822 WHUS42 KTAE 021841 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 141 PM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 FLZ114-030600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0019.210302T1841Z-210303T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 141 PM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 /1241 PM CST Tue Mar 2 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ108-112-030600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0018.000000T0000Z-210303T0600Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay- 141 PM EST Tue Mar 2 2021 /1241 PM CST Tue Mar 2 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ WEDNESDAY... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches. * WHEN...Until 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ Wednesday. * 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 27, 7:29 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Holmes and 6 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 27, 7:30 PM CST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | TAE | 17 hr |
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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.