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Rip Current Statement 22, NWS Tallahassee, FL

March 13, 2021Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 13, 2021, 10:35 AM CST for Walton County, Florida. It took effect at Mar 14, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2021, 10:35 AM CST (16:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2021, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 7:22 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Tallahassee, FL

County Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1522 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

912 
WHUS42 KTAE 131635
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1135 AM EST Sat Mar 13 2021

FLZ108-140000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0022.210314T1200Z-210315T0000Z/
South Walton-
1035 AM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton County Beaches.

* WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Increased southerly flow this afternoon
  should act to increase surf and the threat of rip currents,
  while reinforcing the seabreeze.

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.

&&

$$

1 follow-up statement

645 
WHUS42 KTAE 140122
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
822 PM EST Sat Mar 13 2021

FLZ108-140230-
/O.CAN.KTAE.RP.S.0022.210314T1200Z-210315T0000Z/
South Walton-
722 PM CST Sat Mar 13 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IS CANCELLED...

The high rip current risk for Walton County has been cancelled. 

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 10:07 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Holmes, Jackson and 2 more	10 hr
Mar 12, 10:09 PM CST	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	TAE		10 hr
Mar 13, 12:31 AM CST	River Flood Warning	TAE	Lafayette, Suwannee	19 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.