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Rip Current Statement 31, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 8, 2021, 2:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 8, 2021, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 07:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 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
- 1482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
638 WHUS42 KTAE 080714 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 314 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-120200- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0031.210408T0714Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 314 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021 /214 AM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
9 follow-up statements
016 WHUS42 KTAE 080831 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 431 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-081645- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 431 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021 /331 AM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. Peak conditions for rip currents will come on Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
084 WHUS42 KTAE 081439 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1039 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-090300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1039 AM EDT Thu Apr 8 2021 /939 AM CDT Thu Apr 8 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. Peak conditions for rip currents will come on Saturday. * 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. && $$
293 WHUS42 KTAE 090832 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 432 AM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-100245- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 432 AM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021 /332 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. Peak conditions for rip currents will come on Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
304 WHUS42 KTAE 091504 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1104 AM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-100300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1104 AM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021 /1004 AM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. Peak conditions for rip currents will come on Saturday. * 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. && $$
402 WHUS42 KTAE 091908 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 308 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-101300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 308 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021 /208 PM CDT Fri Apr 9 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. Peak conditions for rip currents will come on Saturday. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
687 WHUS42 KTAE 100709 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 309 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-110015- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 309 AM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 /209 AM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. Peak conditions for rip currents will come on Saturday. * 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. && $$
227 WHUS42 KTAE 110032 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 832 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-110845- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 832 PM EDT Sat Apr 10 2021 /732 PM CDT Sat Apr 10 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
400 WHUS42 KTAE 110608 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 208 AM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-120200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 208 AM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 /108 AM CDT Sun Apr 11 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday 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. && $$
079 WHUS42 KTAE 111817 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 217 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-120200- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0031.000000T0000Z-210412T0200Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 217 PM EDT Sun Apr 11 2021 /117 PM CDT Sun Apr 11 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 2 hr |
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.