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Rip Current Statement 38, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 21, 2021, 2:48 AM CDT for Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2021, 2:48 AM CDT (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
Counties Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 2093 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
590 WHUS42 KTAE 210748 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 348 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 FLZ114-220300- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0038.210421T0748Z-210422T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 348 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 /248 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
971 WHUS42 KTAE 211522 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1122 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 FLZ108-220300- /O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-210422T0300Z/ South Walton- 1022 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021 ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$ FLZ114-220300- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0038.000000T0000Z-210422T0300Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1122 AM EDT Wed Apr 21 2021 /1022 AM CDT Wed Apr 21 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT /10 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County Beaches. * WHEN...Through this 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 21, 9:10 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | TAE | 24 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.