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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL

January 7, 20214 counties in Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jan 7, 2021, 3:01 AM CST for 4 counties in Florida. It took effect at Jan 7, 2021, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 7, 2021, 3:01 AM CST (09:01 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 7, 2021, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 8, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
In force
39 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 00:00Z, 9.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-01-07Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 00:00Z on 2021-01-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1977 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

599 
WHUS42 KTAE 070901
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
401 AM EST Thu Jan 7 2021

FLZ108-112-114-115-080915-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0003.210107T1200Z-210109T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
401 AM EST Thu Jan 7 2021 /301 AM CST Thu Jan 7 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents expected.

* WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches.

* WHEN...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning 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.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
907 
WHUS42 KTAE 080852
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
352 AM EST Fri Jan 8 2021

FLZ108-112-114-115-090300-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0003.000000T0000Z-210109T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin-
352 AM EST Fri Jan 8 2021 /252 AM CST Fri Jan 8 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...From 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ this morning 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 7, 10:16 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Jan 7, 10:52 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWalton38 min
Jan 7, 11:15 AM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jan 7, 11:20 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementTAEBay40 min
Jan 7, 12:16 PM CSTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min

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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.