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Rip Current Statement 52, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 11, 2021Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 11, 2021, 10:56 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Walton County, Florida. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2021, 10:56 AM CDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Walton County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

765 
WHUS42 KTAE 111556
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1156 AM EDT Fri Jun 11 2021

FLZ108-120715-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0052.210611T1556Z-210613T0400Z/
South Walton-
1056 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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
294 
WHUS42 KTAE 121556
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1156 AM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021

FLZ112-114-130000-
/O.EXA.KTAE.RP.S.0052.000000T0000Z-210613T0400Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1156 AM EDT Sat Jun 12 2021 /1056 AM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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.

&&

$$

FLZ108-130000-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0052.000000T0000Z-210613T0400Z/
South Walton-
1056 AM CDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Walton County Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Saturday 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
Jun 11, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson, Madison45 min
Jun 11, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEJefferson43 min
Jun 11, 4:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryTAEJefferson, Leon115 min

Nearby

Rip Current Statements in Florida, 2021Every rip current statement in 2021

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.