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Rip Current Statement 40, NWS Tallahassee, FL

April 26, 2021Bay County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Apr 26, 2021, 10:03 AM CDT for Bay County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2021, 10:03 AM CDT (15:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2021, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Walton County, FL

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1312 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

259 
WHUS42 KTAE 261503
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1103 AM EDT Mon Apr 26 2021

FLZ108-112-270000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0040.210426T1503Z-210427T0300Z/
South Walton-Coastal Bay-
1003 AM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton and Bay County Beaches.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 5:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningTAEGadsden, Leon5 days

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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.