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Rip Current Statement 53, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 13, 2021Bay County, Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 13, 2021, 10:28 AM CDT for Bay County, Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2021, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2021, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Tallahassee, FL

Counties Bay County, FL, Gulf County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Tallahassee Rgnl, FL (KTLH), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tallahassee Rgnl, FL at 12:00Z on 2021-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-277 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1448 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

018 
WHUS42 KTAE 131528
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1128 AM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021

FLZ112-114-132330-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0053.210613T1528Z-210614T0600Z/
Coastal Bay-Coastal Gulf-
1128 AM EDT Sun Jun 13 2021 /1028 AM CDT Sun Jun 13 2021/

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Bay and Gulf 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Tallahassee, FL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE60 min
Jun 12, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE88 min
Jun 13, 5:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon35 min
Jun 13, 11:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEDixie35 min
Jun 13, 12:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELafayette45 min
Jun 13, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWakulla36 min
Jun 13, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE61 min
Jun 13, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE54 min
Jun 13, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAETaylor52 min
Jun 13, 3:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEGulf68 min
Jun 13, 3:16 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE93 min
Jun 13, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE100 min
Jun 13, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE64 min
Jun 13, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAELeon41 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEHolmes, Washington41 min
Jun 13, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementTAEWashington24 min
Jun 13, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Holmes, Jackson, Walton, Washington44 min
Jun 13, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE59 min
Jun 13, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTAEBay, Walton, Washington30 min
Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningTAE86 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.