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Rip Current Statement 46, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at May 5, 2021, 2:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Florida. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2021, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2021, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- 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 07:13 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, 7.2 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
- 1458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
The text
As transmitted.
020 WHUS42 KTAE 050712 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 312 AM EDT Wed May 5 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-060700- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0046.210505T0712Z-210506T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 312 AM EDT Wed May 5 2021 /212 AM CDT Wed May 5 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
777 WHUS42 KTAE 051553 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1153 AM EDT Wed May 5 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-060400- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210506T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1153 AM EDT Wed May 5 2021 /1053 AM CDT Wed May 5 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Walton and Bay County beaches are closed as of late this morning (double red flags). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
597 WHUS42 KTAE 060640 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 240 AM EDT Thu May 6 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-070700- /O.EXT.KTAE.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210507T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 240 AM EDT Thu May 6 2021 /140 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * 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. && $$
477 WHUS42 KTAE 061613 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1213 PM EDT Thu May 6 2021 FLZ108-112-114-115-070015- /O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0046.000000T0000Z-210507T0700Z/ South Walton-Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-Coastal Franklin- 1213 PM EDT Thu May 6 2021 /1113 AM CDT Thu May 6 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin County Beaches. * WHEN...Through late tonight. * IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...North and South-Cape beaches in Gulf County plan to switch to yellow flags once storms clear the area, but State Park Beaches will remain flying red flags. * PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 58 min |
| May 4, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Holmes, Walton, Washington | 44 min |
| May 4, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | TAE | Calhoun, Holmes, Jackson, Washington | 63 min |
| May 4, 10:29 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 91 min | |
| May 4, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gadsden, Leon | 56 min |
| May 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Jefferson, Leon, Madison, Wakulla | 51 min |
| May 5, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 90 min | |
| May 5, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| May 5, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 39 min |
| May 5, 12:18 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 5, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 5, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Gulf | 34 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Franklin | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:30 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 3 hr | |
| May 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Wakulla | 45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.