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Rip Current Statement 29, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Mar 31, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It took effect at Apr 1, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 31, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 780 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted.
806 WHUS42 KTAE 310700 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 300 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 FLZ114-020600- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0029.210401T0600Z-210402T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 300 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 /200 AM CDT Wed Mar 31 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches north of Cape San Blas. * WHEN...From late tonight through late Thursday 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
381 WHUS42 KTAE 010558 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 158 AM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021 FLZ114-020600- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0029.210401T0600Z-210402T0600Z/ Coastal Gulf- 158 AM EDT Thu Apr 1 2021 /1258 AM CDT Thu Apr 1 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches north of Cape San Blas. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2:00 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 59 hr | |
| Mar 31, 4:07 AM CDT | Gale Warning | TAE | 33 hr | |
| Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Holmes | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 66 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Gadsden, Jackson | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jackson, Washington | 57 min |
| Mar 31, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Bay, Holmes, Walton, Washington | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Calhoun, Gadsden, Jackson, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty | 47 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.