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Rip Current Statement 55, NWS Tallahassee, FL

June 15, 2021Gulf County, Florida

NWS Tallahassee, FL issued this rip current statement at Jun 15, 2021, 11:04 AM CDT for Gulf County, Florida. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 15, 2021, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2021, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 36 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 16:03 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, 4.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2073 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 942 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: 78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WHUS42 KTAE 151604
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1204 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021

FLZ114-161000-
/O.NEW.KTAE.RP.S.0055.210615T1604Z-210617T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1204 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021 /1104 AM CDT Tue Jun 15 2021/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Wednesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...The risk level is expected to decrease
  Wednesday Night, but then increase again to high on Thursday.

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

428 
WHUS42 KTAE 161530
CFWTAE

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Tallahassee FL
1130 AM EDT Wed Jun 16 2021

FLZ114-170400-
/O.CON.KTAE.RP.S.0055.000000T0000Z-210617T0400Z/
Coastal Gulf-
1130 AM EDT Wed Jun 16 2021 /1030 AM CDT Wed Jun 16 2021/

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

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf County State Park Beaches.

* WHEN...Through Wednesday 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 15, 2:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Washington	31 min
Jun 15, 6:53 AM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		37 min
Jun 15, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay	50 min
Jun 15, 12:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	47 min
Jun 15, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	25 min
Jun 15, 1:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	25 min
Jun 15, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Walton	42 min
Jun 15, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	41 min
Jun 15, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Calhoun, Franklin, Gulf, Liberty	62 min
Jun 15, 1:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Walton, Washington	55 min
Jun 15, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Leon	36 min
Jun 15, 2:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	45 min
Jun 15, 2:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	38 min
Jun 15, 2:14 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		61 min
Jun 15, 2:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Walton	45 min
Jun 15, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun	59 min
Jun 15, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Wakulla	49 min
Jun 15, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		59 min
Jun 15, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 15, 2:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Franklin, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Wakulla	61 min
Jun 15, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Bay, Gulf	39 min
Jun 15, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Calhoun, Gulf, Liberty	49 min
Jun 15, 3:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Madison	43 min
Jun 15, 3:12 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		2 hr
Jun 15, 3:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Jefferson	43 min
Jun 15, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Bay, Franklin, Gulf	51 min
Jun 15, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Jefferson, Madison	77 min
Jun 15, 4:26 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		94 min
Jun 15, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		88 min
Jun 15, 5:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TAE	Lafayette	26 min
Jun 15, 5:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TAE	Lafayette	41 min
Jun 15, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Marine Warning	TAE		95 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.