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Rip Current Statement 3, NWS Tallahassee, FL
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 10:16 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 min | |
| Jan 7, 10:52 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 38 min |
| Jan 7, 11:15 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 60 min | |
| Jan 7, 11:20 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Bay | 40 min |
| Jan 7, 12:16 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 59 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.