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Rip Current Statement 54, NWS Tallahassee, FL
NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 14, 2021, 10:38 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 2021, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Tallahassee, FL
County Gulf County, FL
The radar
The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
016 WHUS42 KTAE 141538 CFWTAE Coastal Hazard Message National Weather Service Tallahassee FL 1138 AM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021 FLZ114-142345- /O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0054.210614T1538Z-210615T0400Z/ Coastal Gulf- 1138 AM EDT Mon Jun 14 2021 /1038 AM CDT Mon Jun 14 2021/ ...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Dangerous rip currents. * WHERE...Gulf County State Park 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Walton | 34 min |
| Jun 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 61 min | |
| Jun 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Marine Warning | TAE | 93 min | |
| Jun 14, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Lafayette, Taylor | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 1:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | TAE | Dixie | 24 min |
Nearby
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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.